intel core i3 12100 vs apple m1

Intel Core i3 12100
VS
Apple M1
Intel Core i3 12100
Apple M1

We compared two CPUs Intel Core i3 12100 (Desktop) 4-cores against Apple M1 (Desktop) 8-cores. In this comparison page, we check which of these two processor has better performance in benchmark results, Games, architecture, price and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved

Key Differences

What are the key differences between Intel Core i3 12100 and Apple M1
Advantages of Intel Core i3 12100
  • Newer released 2 years later
  • 26% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.3 GHz vs 3.2 GHz)
Advantages of Apple M1
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 7

Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
core i3 12100 +9%
1676
m1
1528
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
core i3 12100 +3%
8084
m1
7810
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
core i3 12100
3581
m1 +5%
3769
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
core i3 12100
14389
m1 +3%
14821
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
core i3 12100
1716
m1 +2%
1748
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
core i3 12100
6391
m1 +23%
8274

Specifications

Full technical specification of core i3 12100 and m1

General

Intel Core i3 12100 Apple M1
Vendor Intel Apple
Released January 4 2022 November 10 2020
Type Desktop Desktop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake-S
Socket FCLGA1700
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 730 Apple M1 8-Core GPU

Performance

Intel Core i3 12100 Apple M1
Cores 4 8
Threads 8 8
Base Frequency 3.3 GHz 2.064 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency 4.3 GHz 3.2 GHz
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 2 MB
L2 Cache 1.25 MB (per core) 16 MB
L3 Cache 12 MB (shared)

Power

Intel Core i3 12100 Apple M1
Fabrication process Intel 7 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 60 W W
Max. temperature 100°C °C

Memory support

Intel Core i3 12100 Apple M1
Memory types DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Memory Size 128 GB GB
Max. Memory Channels 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 76.8 GB/s -
ECC Support No No

iGPU

Intel Core i3 12100 Apple M1
Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 730 Apple M1 8-Core GPU
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 450 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1.4 MHz MHz
Shading Units 192 1024
TMUs 48 64
ROPs 24 32
Execution Units 24
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
core i3 12100
0.35 TFLOPS
m1
2.6 TFLOPS

Misc

Intel Core i3 12100 Apple M1
Official site Intel Core i3 12100 official page Apple M1 official page
PCI Express Version
PCI Express Lanes 20

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Apple M1 or Intel Core i3 12100?