Intel Pentium G2030 vs Intel Core i3-12100F. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Family
  Intel Pentium Intel Core i3
• Generation
  3 12
• CPU group
  Intel Pentium G2000 Intel Core i 12000

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
  3.00 GHz 3.30 GHz
• Turbo (1 Core)
  No turbo 4.30 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No 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
  Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge GT1) no iGPU
• GPU frequency
  0.65 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.00 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  6
• Shader
  48
• Max. displays
  3
• Generation
  7
• Technology
  22 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2012

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i3-12100F and Intel Pentium G2030. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR3-1333 DDR4-3200DDR5-4800
• Max. Memory
  128 GB
• ECC
  Yes No
• Memory channels
  2 2

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Pentium G2030 and Intel Core i3-12100F to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  55 W 58 W
• TDP (PL2)
  -- 89 W
• Tjunction max.
  -- 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Pentium G2030 and Intel Pentium G2030, 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 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
• L2-Cache
  -- 5.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  3.00 MB 12.00 MB
• Architecture
  Ivy Bridge S Alder Lake S
• Technology
  22 nm 10 nm
• Socket
  LGA 1155 LGA 1700
• Release date
  Q2/2013 Q1/2022