Intel Core i3-13100E vs Intel Core i9-12900. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Family
  Intel Core i3 Intel Core i9
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 13000 Intel Core i 12000
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Generation
  13 12
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i3-12100E Intel Core i9-11900

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 16 / 24
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A-Core
  4x Golden Cove 8x Golden Cove
• B-Core
  -- 8x 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
  Intel UHD Graphics 730 Intel UHD Graphics 770
• GPU frequency
  0.30 GHz 0.30 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.50 GHz 1.55 GHz
• Execution units
  24 32
• Shader
  192 256
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB --
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Generation
  12 11
• Direct X
  12 12
• Technology
  14 nm 10 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2021 Q4/2021

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  Decode Decode
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i9-12900 and Intel Core i3-13100E. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

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

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i3-13100E and Intel Core i9-12900 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL2)
  -- 202 W
• TDP down
  60 W --
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i3-13100E and Intel Core i3-13100E, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Technology
  10 nm 10 nm
• Socket
  LGA 1700 LGA 1700
• L2-Cache
  5.00 MB 14.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  12.00 MB 30.00 MB
• Architecture
  Alder Lake S Refresh Alder Lake S
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• 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+
• Release date
  Q1/2023 Q1/2022