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

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

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

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  4x Golden Cove 8x Golden Cove
• A-Core Frequency
  2.40 GHz (4.10 GHz) -
• B-Core
  - 8x Gracemont
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  4 16
• CPU Threads
  8 24
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Base Frequency
  - 2.4 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  - 5.1 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (16 Cores)
  - 4.2 GHz

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

• DirectX Version
  12 -
• Execution units
  24 -
• Generation
  12 -
• GPU Frequency
  300 MHz -
• GPU name
  Intel UHD Graphics 730 None
• GPU Turbo
  1500 MHz -
• Max. displays
  3 -
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB -
• Release date
  Q1/2021 -
• Shader
  192 -
• Technology
  14 nm -

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

• AV1
  Decode No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• VP8
  Decode / Encode No
• VP9
  Decode / Encode No

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

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 128 GB
• Memory Bandwidth
  76.8 GB/s -
• Memory channels
  2 (Dual Channel) 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-3200DDR5-4800 DDR4-3200DDR5-4800
• PCIe
  5.0 x 20 5.0 x 20

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i3-13100TE and Intel Core i9-12900F Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  100 °C 100 °C
• TDP (PL1 / PBP, legacy combined label)
  35 W -
• TDP (PL2)
  - 202 W
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  - 65 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i3-13100TE and Intel Core i9-12900F, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Alder Lake S Refresh Alder Lake S
• Chip design
  Monolithic -
• Documents
  Technical data sheet -
• 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 MB 14 MB
• L3-Cache
  12 MB 30 MB
• Operating systems
  Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux -
• Release date
  Q1/2023 Q1/2022
• Socket
  LGA 1700 LGA 1700
• Technology
  10 nm 10 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d