intel core i3 12100 vs intel core i3 6100

Intel Core i3 12100
VS
Intel Core i3 6100
Intel Core i3 12100
Intel Core i3 6100

We compared two CPUs Intel Core i3 12100 (Desktop) 4-cores against Intel Core i3 6100 (Desktop) 2-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 Intel Core i3 6100
Advantages of Intel Core i3 12100
  • Newer released 7 years later
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Around 42.7 GB/s (56%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Has 9 MB larger L3 cache size
  • 14% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.3 GHz vs 3.7 GHz)
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 14
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR5-4800 RAM
Advantages of Intel Core i3 6100
  • Consumes up to 15% less energy than the Intel Core i3 12100 – 51 vs 60 Watt

Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
core i3 12100 +43%
1676
core i3 6100
963
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
core i3 12100 +70%
8084
core i3 6100
2434
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
core i3 12100 +38%
3581
core i3 6100
2226
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
core i3 12100 +71%
14389
core i3 6100
4184
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
core i3 12100 +45%
1716
core i3 6100
939
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
core i3 12100 +68%
6391
core i3 6100
2045

Specifications

Full technical specification of core i3 12100 and core i3 6100

General

Intel Core i3 12100 Intel Core i3 6100
Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 4 2022 September 1 2015
Type Desktop Desktop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake-S Skylake
Socket FCLGA1700 FCLGA1151
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 730 Intel HD Graphics 530

Performance

Intel Core i3 12100 Intel Core i3 6100
Cores 4 2
Threads 8 4
Base Frequency 3.3 GHz 3.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency 4.3 GHz 3.7 GHz
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1.25 MB (per core) 256K (per core)
L3 Cache 12 MB (shared) 3 MB (shared)

Power

Intel Core i3 12100 Intel Core i3 6100
Fabrication process Intel 7 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 60 W 51 W
Max. temperature 100°C 65°C

Memory support

Intel Core i3 12100 Intel Core i3 6100
Memory types DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200 DDR4
Memory Size 128 GB 64 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 76.8 GB/s 34.1 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

iGPU

Intel Core i3 12100 Intel Core i3 6100
Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 730 Intel HD Graphics 530
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1.4 MHz 1.05 MHz
Shading Units 192
TMUs 48
ROPs 24
Execution Units 24
TGP 15 W W
iGPU FLOPS
core i3 12100
0.35 TFLOPS
core i3 6100
TFLOPS

Misc

Intel Core i3 12100 Intel Core i3 6100
Official site Intel Core i3 12100 official page Intel Core i3 6100 official page
PCI Express Version 3
PCI Express Lanes 20 16

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Intel Core i3 6100 or Intel Core i3 12100?