Intel Core i3-1215U vs Intel Core i3-10100F. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Family
  Intel Core i3 Intel Core i3
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 1200P/1200U Intel Core i 10000
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Generation
  12 10
• Predecessor
  -- Intel Core i3-9100F

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.

• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal
• Frequency
  1.20 GHz 3.60 GHz
• Turbo (1 Core)
  4.40 GHz 4.30 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  Yes Yes
• 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
  Intel Iris Xe Graphics 64 (Alder Lake) no iGPU
• GPU frequency
  0.30 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.10 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  64
• Shader
  512
• Max. GPU Memory
  32 GB --
• Max. displays
  4
• Generation
  13
• Technology
  10 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2022

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i3-10100F and Intel Core i3-1215U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-3200DDR5-4800LPDDR4X-4266LPDDR5-5200 DDR4-2666
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 128 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• ECC
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i3-1215U and Intel Core i3-10100F to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  15 W 65 W
• TDP (PL2)
  55 W --
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i3-1215U and Intel Core i3-1215U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L2-Cache
  4.50 MB --
• L3-Cache
  10.00 MB 6.00 MB
• Architecture
  Alder Lake U Comet Lake S
• Technology
  10 nm 14 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• Socket
  BGA 1744 LGA 1200
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q4/2020