Intel Core i3-12100 quad-core Alder Lake CPU gets tested, faster than Ryzen 3 3300X

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The Intel Core i3-12100 processor has four cores and eight threads. The fact that it only has a single sort of core, Golden Cove, means that it cannot support hybrid architecture (Performance). 



As reported by XFastest, the processor sample that was tested has a maximum boost clock of 4.3 GHz, which corresponds to a single-core boost frequency of the processor. Contrary to expectations, the sample shows lower PL1 and lower PL2 limits than was expected. For the record, with the release of the Alder Lake series, Intel altered the names of such power limits to Processor Base Power and Maximum Turbo Power to distinguish them from previous generations. This i3-12100 sample has PBP/MTP ratings of 60W and 77W, respectively. An ASRock Z690 Steel Legend motherboard with 16GB of DDR4-3600 RAM and an NVIDIA RTX 3060 Ti GPU was used to test the sample. It was then compared against AMD Ryzen 3 3100 and Ryzen 3 3300X quad-core CPUs operating on an ASRock X470 Taichi motherboard with the same amount of memory and GPU as the Intel processors.

When compared to the Zen2 based Ryzen 3 series, the processor performs admirably across the board in all of the tests. It also creates less heat and power, depending on whatever AIDA64 test is taken into consideration, which is another advantage.

Intel Core i3-12100 quad-core Alder Lake CPU gets tested, faster than Ryzen 3 3300X


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