Intel Core i7-12700E vs Intel Core i3-12100F. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Family
  Intel Core i7 Intel Core i3
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 12000 Intel Core i 12000
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Generation
  12 12

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
  12 / 20 4 / 8
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal
• A-Core
  8x Golden Cove 4x Golden Cove
• B-Core
  4x Gracemont --
• Frequency
  2.10 GHz 3.30 GHz
• Turbo (1 Core)
  4.80 GHz 4.30 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  Yes Yes
• 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 770 no iGPU
• GPU frequency
  0.30 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.50 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  32
• Shader
  256
• Max. displays
  3
• Generation
  11
• Direct X
  12 --
• Technology
  10 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2021

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i3-12100F and Intel Core i7-12700E. 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 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 i7-12700E and Intel Core i3-12100F to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  65 W 58 W
• TDP (PL2)
  180 W 89 W
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i7-12700E and Intel Core i7-12700E, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

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