Intel Core i9-12900KF 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 Core i9 Intel Core i3
• Generation
  12 12
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 12000 Intel Core i 12000
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i9-11900KF --

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
  3.70 GHz 3.30 GHz
• Turbo (1 Core)
  5.30 GHz 4.30 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) 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 Iris Xe Graphics 32 (Alder Lake S) no iGPU
• GPU frequency
  0.40 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.45 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  32
• Shader
  256
• Max. GPU Memory
  16 GB --
• Max. displays
  4
• Generation
  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
• VP9
  Decode / Encode No
• VP8
  Decode 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 i9-12900KF. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

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

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i9-12900KF and Intel Core i3-12100F to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  125 W 58 W
• TDP (PL2)
  228 W / 56 s 89 W
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i9-12900KF and Intel Core i9-12900KF, 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, AVX2+ SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
• L2-Cache
  3.75 MB 5.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  30.00 MB 12.00 MB
• Architecture
  Alder Lake S Alder Lake S
• Technology
  10 nm 10 nm
• Socket
  LGA 1700 LGA 1700
• Release date
  Q4/2021 Q1/2022
• Part Number
  BX8071512900KF --