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Intel BX8071512100

Core i3-12100

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4 Cores, 8 Threads @3.3GHz, Alder Lake.
Release date: Q1 2022.

Average Bench: 94.3% (123rd of 1459)

Based on 2,263 user benchmarks.  Device: BFEBFBFF00090675 Model: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-12100
Poor: 87%Average: 94.3% Great: 100%
Gaming
Gaming 94%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 100%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 81%
Aircraft carrier

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Excellent average bench

The Intel Core i3-12100 averaged just 5.7% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Intel Core i3-12100 near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Single Core Speed 173Pts
Avg. Dual Core Speed 327Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Core i3-12100 is just 12.9%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Intel Core i3-12100 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 807Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 804Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 2,263 samples)
Rank 12394.3%
Min Avg Max
72.2 Memory 81.5 90.3
167 1-Core 173 179
296 2-Core 327 347
103% 194 Pts
Min Avg Max
524 4-Core 581 661
745 8-Core 804 839
87.4% 693 Pts
Min Avg Max
750 64-Core 807 841
50% 807 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg)
92.6% Outstanding
Memory 81.7
1-Core 158
2-Core 300
97% 180 Pts
4-Core 560
8-Core 782
84% 671 Pts
64-Core 775
48% 775 Pts
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
90.8% Outstanding
Memory 82.9
1-Core 161
2-Core 314
100% 186 Pts
4-Core 530
8-Core 776
82% 653 Pts
64-Core 779
48% 779 Pts
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
88.6% Excellent
Memory 78.2
1-Core 166
2-Core 306
98% 183 Pts
4-Core 546
8-Core 694
79% 620 Pts
64-Core 793
49% 793 Pts
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
84.1% Excellent
Memory 76.1
1-Core 157
2-Core 286
93% 173 Pts
4-Core 494
8-Core 821
80% 658 Pts
64-Core 814
50% 814 Pts
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
67.6% Good
Memory 62.4
1-Core 136
2-Core 240
79% 146 Pts
4-Core 391
8-Core 621
62% 506 Pts
64-Core 724
45% 724 Pts
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MSRP ≈ $150 @ launch in Jan '22
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Gaming
Gaming 98%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 102%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 85%
Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: Gigabyte B660M DS3H DDR4 - $120

CPU
Core i3-12100Intel  $116Bench 94%, 2,263 samples1x
GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia  $256Bench 100%, 447,556 samples1,126x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples931x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $460Bench 148%, 619,642 samples556x
SSD
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $90Bench 251%, 262,559 samples330x
SNV2S1000G 1TBKingstonBench 260%, 75,739 samples272x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $70Bench 224%, 92,081 samples228x
RAM
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples407x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples353x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $60Bench 85%, 86,372 samples199x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 101% - Outstanding Total price: $582

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 Comments

CPUPro
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Official site ark.intel.com/...

12th generation Alder Lake processor...

Added 2 years ago.
USA-User
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Terrible (edit your comment) Add link

10 hrs ago.

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have one honestly great and recommend to entry gaming and especially great on a budget —Aug '23

GBR-User
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5,828

Good

6 months ago.

Ridiculous speed for the price

IND-User
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4,830

Poor

10 days ago.

performance per core is value for money

BRA-User
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4,695

Disliked

26 days ago.

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Ela é a combinação perfeita com a 3050—Aug '22

PAK-User
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3,380

Excellent

1 month ago.

I use it my self amazing processor

THA-User
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3,204

Excellent

5 months ago.

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its much faster and smoother than ryzen 3 3200g —Feb '23

AUT-User
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2,759

Excellent

20 months ago.

its a i3 so it has only 4 cores but its an excellent processor

Waaaaaal
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16

Good

2 years ago.

I don't really like how they added such a tax for the integrated graphics. An extra $20 for an iGPU - especially on an i3 - isn't good. However, this CPU is one of the fastest quad cores to date and can run even on the most potato of power supplies. It brings out incredible gaming performance up to 50% faster than the i3 10100. It even manages to beat 6 core CPUs from AMD that run on Zen2, very impressive for just an i3 processor. Good job Intel, you got your position as king back.

Kroket
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Excellent

4 months ago.

Good CPU, and even better when on turbo clock.

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