Intel Core i3-12100F Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2024-01-09

The Intel Core i3-12100F has 4 cores with 8 threads and is based on the 12. gen of the Intel Core i3 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the LGA 1700 socket and was released in Q1/2022. The Intel Core i3-12100F scores 1,716 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 6,422 points.

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Name:	Intel Core i3-12100F
Family:	Intel Core i3 (205)
CPU group:	Intel Core i 12000 (34)
Architecture:	Alder Lake S
Segment:	Desktop / Server
Generation:	12
Predecessor:	--
Successor:	Intel Core i3-13100F

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i3-12100F has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i3-12100F is 3.30 GHz (4.30 GHz). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads:	4 / 8
Core architecture:	normal
Cores:	4x Golden Cove

Hyperthreading / SMT:	Yes
Overclocking:	No
Frequency:	3.30 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):	4.30 GHz
Turbo Frequency (4 Cores):	4.00 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AI hardware:	--
AI specifications:	--

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i3-12100F has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Core i3-12100F uses the no iGPU, which has -- texture shaders and -- execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

GPU name:	no iGPU
GPU frequency:
GPU (Turbo):	No turbo
Compute units:	--
Shader:	--
Hardware Raytracing:	No
Release date:

Max. displays:
Generation:	--
Direct X:	--
Technology:
Max. GPU Memory:	--
Frame Generation:	No

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit):	No
h265 / HEVC (10 bit):	No
h264:	No
VP8:	No
VP9:	No

AV1:	No
AVC:	No
VC-1:	No
JPEG:	No

Memory type:	Memory bandwidth:
Memory & PCIe The processor can use up to 128 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 76.8 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

DDR5-4800 DDR4-3200	76.8 GB/s 51.2 GB/s
Max. Memory:	128 GB
Memory channels:	2 (Dual Channel)
ECC:	No
PCIe:	5.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth:	78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 58 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

TDP (PL1 / PBP):	58 W
TDP (PL2):	89 W
TDP up:	--
TDP down:	--
Tjunction max.:	100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core i3-12100F is made in 10 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 17.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology:	10 nm
Chip design:	Monolithic
Socket:	LGA 1700
L2-Cache:	5.00 MB
L3-Cache:	12.00 MB
AES-NI:	Yes
Operating systems:	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux

Virtualization:	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA):	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions:	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
Release date:	Q1/2022
Release price:	97 $
Part Number:	--
Documents:	Technical data sheet

Intel Core i3-12100F
4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz (4.30 GHz)

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Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the Intel Core i3-12100F have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.

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Cinebench R23 (16GB DDR4-3200), Windows 10 Pro [Intel Core i3-12100]

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	AMD Ryzen 7 5800H 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	87
	Intel Core i5-11400F 6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz	87
	Intel Core i7-11800H 8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	87
	Intel Core i3-12100F 4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz	86
	Intel Core i3-12100 4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz	86
	AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX 8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	86
	AMD Ryzen 5 5600 6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz	85

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	AMD Ryzen 5 5625U 6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz	417
	AMD Ryzen 3 3100 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	415
	AMD Ryzen 5 1600X 6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz	411
	Intel Core i3-12100F 4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz	401
	Intel Core i3-12100 4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz	401
	AMD Ryzen 3 3300X 4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz	400
	Intel Core i7-9750HF 6C 12T @ 4.50 GHz	397

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX 8C 16T @ 4.90 GHz	1662
	AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H 8C 16T @ 4.90 GHz	1662
	AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS 8C 16T @ 4.90 GHz	1662
	Intel Core i3-12100F 4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz	1658
	Intel Core i3-12100 4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz	1658
	Intel Core i3-1315U 6C 8T @ 4.50 GHz	1649
	AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16C 32T @ 4.90 GHz	1644

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i7-9700 8C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	8540
	Intel Core i7-9700F 8C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	8540
	AMD Ryzen 5 4600H 6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz	8457
	Intel Core i3-12100F 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	8443
	Intel Core i3-12100 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	8443
	Intel Core i9-9980HK 8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz	8370
	AMD Ryzen 5 7530U 6C 12T @ 3.00 GHz	8346

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i5-13505H 12C 16T @ 4.70 GHz	1718
	Intel Xeon E-2336 6C 12T @ 4.80 GHz	1718
	AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	1717
	Intel Core i3-12100F 4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz	1716
	Intel Core i3-12100 4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz	1716
	Intel Core i7-12700F 12C 20T @ 4.90 GHz	1712
	Intel Core i7-12700 12C 20T @ 4.90 GHz	1712

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 5 4500 6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz	6432
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 8C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	6431
	Intel Xeon E5-2667 v2 8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz	6428
	Intel Core i3-12100F 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	6422
	Intel Core i3-12100 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	6422
	AMD Ryzen 9 4900U 8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz	6422
	Intel Xeon E5-2630 v4 10C 20T @ 2.60 GHz	6422

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	Intel Xeon W-11955M 8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz	2164
	Intel Core i7-12650HX 14C 20T @ 4.70 GHz	2162
	Intel Processor U300 5C 6T @ 4.40 GHz	2158
	Intel Core i3-12100F 4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz	2157
	Intel Core i7-12650H 10C 16T @ 4.70 GHz	2157
	Intel Core i3-12100 4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz	2157
	Intel Core i7-1265UL 10C 12T @ 4.80 GHz	2154

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	Intel Core i9-10900T 10C 20T @ 3.70 GHz	7476
	Intel Core i7-6900K 8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz	7471
	Apple A17 Pro 6C 6T @ 3.78 GHz	7462
	Intel Core i3-12100F 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	7428
	Intel Core i3-12100 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	7428
	Intel Core i7-1366URE 10C 12T @ 1.70 GHz	7423
	Intel Core i7-1365URE 10C 12T @ 1.70 GHz	7423

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16C 32T @ 4.90 GHz	647
	Intel Core i9-10900K 10C 20T @ 5.30 GHz	645
	Intel Core i9-10900KF 10C 20T @ 5.30 GHz	645
	Intel Core i3-12100F 4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz	642
	AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS 8C 16T @ 4.90 GHz	642
	AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H 8C 16T @ 4.90 GHz	642
	Intel Core i3-12100 4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz	642

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3 12C 24T @ 2.90 GHz	3299
	AMD Ryzen 9 4900U 8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz	3292
	AMD Ryzen 5 4600H 6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz	3247
	Intel Core i3-12100F 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	3204
	Intel Core i3-12100 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	3204
	Intel Core i5-10400F 6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz	3197
	Intel Core i5-10400 6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz	3197

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	Intel Xeon E5-1660 v2 6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz	13919
	Intel Core i7-1255U 10C 12T @ 2.70 GHz	13905
	Intel Xeon W-1250E 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	13894
	Intel Core i3-12100F 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	13880
	Intel Core i3-12100 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	13880
	Intel Core i5-11600T 6C 12T @ 3.50 GHz	13879
	Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3 12C 24T @ 2.70 GHz	13829

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750U 8C 16T @ 1.70 GHz	3446
	Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz	3425
	AMD Ryzen 5 1600X 6C 12T @ 3.30 GHz	3367
	Intel Core i3-12100F 4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz	3352
	Intel Core i7-7800X 6C 12T @ 3.50 GHz	3341
	AMD Ryzen 5 2600 6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz	3340
	Intel Core i5-10500H 6C 12T @ 2.50 GHz	3339

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen 9 5980HS 8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz	247
	Intel Core i5-11600KF 6C 12T @ 4.90 GHz	245
	Intel Core i7-1255U 10C 12T @ 4.70 GHz	245
	Intel Core i3-12100F 4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz	242
	Intel Core i3-12100 4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz	242
	Intel Core i5-11600K 6C 12T @ 4.90 GHz	241
	AMD Ryzen 7 6800U 8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz	237

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Xeon E5-2618L v3 8C 16T @ 2.90 GHz	1233
	AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF 6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz	1221
	Intel Core i7-10750H 6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz	1216
	Intel Core i3-12100F 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	1204
	Intel Core i3-12100 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	1204
	Intel Xeon E-2276M 6C 12T @ 2.80 GHz	1196
	Intel Xeon E5-2630 v3 8C 16T @ 2.80 GHz	1190

Benchmarks

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
272 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
271 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
586 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
565 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,488 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,461 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,755 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,703 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
656 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
604 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,392 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
733 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,106 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,101 entries

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Description of the processor

The Intel Core i3-12100F is a desktop/server processor released by Intel in the first quarter of 2022. The processor comes from the twelfth generation of Intels i3 family.

The processor has four CPU cores with eight threads. The cores are built with 4x Golden Cove and uses the Hyperthreading technology developed by Intel, the processor cannot be overclocked. The clock frequency of the processor is 3.30 gigahertz, the turbo clock frequency (1 core) is 4.30 gigahertz and the turbo clock frequency (4 cores) is 4.00 GHz. The processor supports DDR4-3200 and DDR5-4800 memory types. It has 2 memory channels and a maximum of 128 GB of RAM can be used. The bandwidth is 76.8 GB/s. PCIe is integrated in the 5.0 generation with 20 PCI Express lanes.

The minimum thermal design power (TDP) of the Intel Core i3-12100F is 58 watts and the maximum TDP is 89 watts. The maximum allowed heat for the processor is 100 °C.

The chip design is monolithic. The processor is based on the LGA 1700 socket. The architecture is based on Alder Lake S and the processor is compatible with Windows 10 and 11, as well as Linux operating systems. The release price for the processor was $97 in the first quarter of 2022.

In the Cinebench R23 (single-core) test, the Intel Core i3-12100F has a score of 1,658 and is therefore only slightly below the AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS. In the Cinebench R23 (multi-core) test, the processor scored 8,443 points and is therefore only just below the Intel Core i7-9700F with 8,540 points. It scored 642 points in the Cinebench R20 (single-core) test and 3,204 points in the Cinebench R20 (multi-core) test. It scored 242 points in the Cinebench R15 (single-core) test and 1,204 points in the R15 (multi-core). It scored 1,716 points in Geekbench 5, 64bit (single-core) and 6,428 points in Geekbench 5, 64bit (multi-core).

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