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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: 94.2% (133rd of 1468)

Based on 4,192 user benchmarks.  Device: BFEBFBFF00090675 Model: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-12100
Poor: 88%Average: 94.2% Great: 100%
Gaming
Gaming 94%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 100%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 81%
Aircraft carrier

Popular builds with this CPU

Excellent average bench

The Intel Core i3-12100 averaged just 5.8% 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 12.3%. 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 821Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 820Pts

Average Bench

(Based on 4,192 samples)
Rank 13394.2%
Min Avg Max
72.3 Memory 80.5 89.6
164 1-Core 173 179
293 2-Core 327 348
103% 193 Pts
Min Avg Max
527 4-Core 584 661
773 8-Core 820 841
88.3% 702 Pts
Min Avg Max
784 64-Core 821 842
50.8% 821 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 4.1 GHz (avg)
96% Outstanding
Memory 77.1
1-Core 178
2-Core 345
105% 200 Pts
4-Core 626
8-Core 838
93% 732 Pts
64-Core 840
52% 840 Pts
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
93.1% Outstanding
Memory 89.8
1-Core 180
2-Core 343
110% 204 Pts
4-Core 519
8-Core 838
83% 678 Pts
64-Core 832
52% 832 Pts
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
92.1% Outstanding
Memory 81.5
1-Core 179
2-Core 343
107% 201 Pts
4-Core 552
8-Core 830
86% 691 Pts
64-Core 833
52% 833 Pts
LGA1700, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
89.9% Excellent
Memory 72
1-Core 171
2-Core 330
100% 191 Pts
4-Core 581
8-Core 820
88% 700 Pts
64-Core 820
51% 820 Pts
LGA1700, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
84.3% Excellent
Memory 72
1-Core 165
2-Core 311
97% 183 Pts
4-Core 518
8-Core 790
81% 654 Pts
64-Core 799
50% 799 Pts
4,192 MORE »

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 69,046,522 CPUs tested

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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  $114Bench 94%, 4,192 samples1x
GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia  $285Bench 100%, 447,556 samples1,166x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $309Bench 128%, 442,467 samples963x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples576x
SSD
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $75Bench 251%, 262,559 samples340x
SNV2S1000G 1TBKingstonBench 260%, 75,739 samples291x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $71Bench 224%, 92,081 samples232x
RAM
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples425x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples365x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $74Bench 85%, 86,372 samples211x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $594

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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

1 month 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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5,908

Good

10 months ago.

Ridiculous speed for the price

IND-User
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4,936

Poor

1 day ago.

checking with old processor's its impressive for productivity.

BRA-User
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4,751

Disliked

4 months ago.

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

PAK-User
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3,456

Good

16 hrs ago.

I use it my self amazing processor

THA-User
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3,254

Liked

10 days ago.

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

AUT-User
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2,781

Excellent

24 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

8 months ago.

Good CPU, and even better when on turbo clock.

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