Intel Core i3-12100F vs Intel Core i5-13420H. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Family
  Intel Core i3 Intel Core i5
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 12000 Intel Core i 13000H
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile
• Generation
  12 13
• Predecessor
  -- Intel Core i5-12450H

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• CPU Cores / Threads
  4 / 8 8 / 12
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A-Core
  4x Golden Cove 4x Raptor Cove
• B-Core
  -- 4x Gracemont
• Overclocking
  No No

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  no iGPU Intel UHD Graphics 13th Gen (48 EU)
• GPU frequency
  0.20 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 1.20 GHz
• Execution units
  48
• Shader
  384
• Max. GPU Memory
  -- 32 GB
• Max. displays
  3
• Generation
  13
• Direct X
  -- 12
• Technology
  10 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2023

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h264
  No Decode / Encode
• VP8
  No Decode
• VP9
  No Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No Decode
• AVC
  No Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  No Decode
• JPEG
  No Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-13420H and Intel Core i3-12100F. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-3200DDR5-4800 DDR4-3200DDR5-5200LPDDR4X-4266LPDDR5-5200
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 64 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2 (Dual Channel)
• ECC
  No Yes
• PCIe
  5.0 x 20 5.0 x 28
• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i3-12100F and Intel Core i5-13420H to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL2)
  89 W 115 W
• TDP up
  -- 95 W
• TDP down
  -- 35 W
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i3-12100F and Intel Core i3-12100F, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
• L2-Cache
  5.00 MB --
• L3-Cache
  12.00 MB 12.00 MB
• Architecture
  Alder Lake S Raptor Lake H
• Technology
  10 nm 10 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• Socket
  LGA 1700 BGA 1744
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q1/2023