Intel Core i3-13100F vs Intel Core i7-12700H. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Family
  Intel Core i3 Intel Core i7
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 13000 Intel Core i 12000H
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile
• Generation
  13 12
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i3-12100F --

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 14 / 20
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A-Core
  4x Golden Cove 6x 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
  no iGPU Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake)
• GPU frequency
  -- 0.40 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 1.40 GHz
• Execution units
  -- 96
• Shader
  -- 768
• Max. GPU Memory
  -- 64 GB
• Max. displays
  -- 4
• Generation
  -- 13
• Direct X
  -- 12.1
• 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)
  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 i7-12700H and Intel Core i3-13100F. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR5-5600 DDR4-3200DDR5-4800LPDDR4X-4266LPDDR5-5200
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 64 GB
• Memory channels
  2 (Dual Channel) 2
• ECC
  Yes No
• PCIe
  5.0 x 20 4.0 x 20
• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i3-13100F and Intel Core i7-12700H to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  58 W 45 W
• TDP (PL2)
  117 W 115 W
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 100 °C

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

• Technology
  10 nm 10 nm
• Socket
  LGA 1700 BGA 1744
• L2-Cache
  10.00 MB 11.50 MB
• L3-Cache
  12.00 MB 24.00 MB
• Architecture
  Alder Lake S Refresh Alder Lake H
• 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