Intel Core i7-10700KF vs Intel Core i3-12100T. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Family
  Intel Core i7 Intel Core i3
• Generation
  10 12
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 10000 Intel Core i 12000
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i7-9700KF --
• Successor
  Intel Core i7-11700KF --

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.

• Frequency
  3.80 GHz 2.20 GHz
• Turbo (1 Core)
  5.10 GHz 4.10 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

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 730
• GPU frequency
  0.30 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 1.40 GHz
• Execution units
  24
• Shader
  192
• Max. GPU Memory
  -- 64 GB
• Max. displays
  3
• Generation
  12
• Technology
  14 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2021

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
• VP9
  No Decode / Encode
• VP8
  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 i3-12100T and Intel Core i7-10700KF. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-2933 DDR4-3200DDR5-4800
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 128 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-10700KF and Intel Core i3-12100T to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  125 W 35 W
• TDP (PL2)
  229 W / 56 s 69 W
• TDP down
  95 W --
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i7-10700KF and Intel Core i7-10700KF, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
• L2-Cache
  -- 5.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  16.00 MB 12.00 MB
• Architecture
  Comet Lake S Alder Lake S
• Technology
  14 nm 10 nm
• Socket
  LGA 1200 LGA 1700
• Release date
  Q2/2020 Q1/2022