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Is the Intel Core i3-12100 Good for Gaming?
This is an old CPU that contains 4 Cores and 8 Threads. The Intel Core i3-12100 also has reasonable threaded performance that will serve well in games. Paired with a good videocard, is this CPU Good for Gaming? Yes, this would be a suitable CPU for gaming. [More ...]
Description: Intel UHD Graphics 730
Class: Desktop
Socket: FCLGA1700
Clockspeed: 3.3 GHz
Turbo Speed: 4.3 GHz
Cores: 4 Threads: 8
Typical TDP: 60 W
TDP Up: 89 W
Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 48 KB
L2 Cache: 4 x 1280 KB
L3 Cache: 12 MB
Memory Support: Max. Memory Size: 128 GB (Up to DDR5 4800 MT/s, Up to DDR4 3200 MT/s)
Other names: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-12100, 12th Gen Intel Core i3-12100
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2022
CPUmark/$Price: 99.95
Overall Rank:
1231st fastest in multithreading out of 5157 CPUs
551st fastest in single threading out of 5157 CPUs
397th fastest in out of 1449 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $122.00 USD (2022-01-01)
Integer Math | 35,645 MOps/Sec |
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Floating Point Math | 28,038 MOps/Sec |
Find Prime Numbers | 49 Million Primes/Sec |
Random String Sorting | 14,253 Thousand Strings/Sec |
Data Encryption | 7,224 MBytes/Sec |
Data Compression | 142,565 KBytes/Sec |
Physics | 781 Frames/Sec |
Extended Instructions | 9,733 Million Matrices/Sec |
Single Thread | 3,174 MOps/Sec |
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Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
---|---|---|
Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,652 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,295 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,015 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,143 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,861 | |
Intel Core i5-12400F | 19,487 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,164 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,704 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,652 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,146 | |
Intel Core i3-12100 | 12,194 |
Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
---|---|---|
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 236.08 | |
Intel Core i5-12400F | 196.84 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 162.57 | |
Intel Core i9-13900K | 152.34 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 136.17 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 131.36 | |
Intel Core i3-12100 | 99.95 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 49.23 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA |
Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
---|---|---|
Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,610 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,138 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,900 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,836 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,680 | |
Intel Core i5-12400F | 3,477 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,469 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,364 | |
Intel Core i3-12100 | 3,174 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,921 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,563 |
Baseline | CPU Mark | |
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BL2709047 - Jun 20 2025 | 3794 | |
BL2709020 - Jun 20 2025 | 8407 | |
BL2709008 - Jun 20 2025 | 8407 | |
BL2709005 - Jun 20 2025 | 4932 | |
BL2708929 - Jun 20 2025 | 4690 |
Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
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Intel Core i3-12100 | 12,194 | |
Intel Core i3-12100T vs Intel Core i3-12100 | 12,518 (+2.7%) | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G vs Intel Core i3-12100 | 9,218 (-24.4%) | |
Intel Core i3-12300 vs Intel Core i3-12100 | 14,352 (+17.7%) | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3500X vs Intel Core i3-12100 | 13,164 (+8.0%) | |
AMD Ryzen 3 3300X vs Intel Core i3-12100 | 12,597 (+3.3%) | |
AMD Ryzen 3 4300G vs Intel Core i3-12100 | 9,745 (-20.1%) | |
Intel Core i3-12100F vs Intel Core i3-12100 | 14,034 (+15.1%) | |
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X vs Intel Core i3-12100 | 13,893 (+13.9%) | |
Intel Core i3-13100 vs Intel Core i3-12100 | 13,695 (+12.3%) | |
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs Intel Core i3-12100 | 13,165 (+8.0%) | |
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X vs Intel Core i3-12100 | 13,032 (+6.9%) | |
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 vs Intel Core i3-12100 | 12,271 (+0.6%) |
Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
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AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,452 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,150 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,297 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,843 | |
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,586 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,483 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,276 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,809 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,803 | |
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K | 9,639 | |
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,526 | |
Intel Core Ultra 9 285 | 9,517 | |
Intel Core i3-12100 | 1,747 |