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Core i7-10870H vs Core i3-12100F

Core i7-10870H vs Core i3-12100F: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Core i3-12100F outperforms Core i7-10870H on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i3-12100F is 495 days newer than Core i7-10870H.

Advantages of Core i7-10870H

  • Consumes up to 22% less energy than Intel Core i3-12100F - 45 vs 58 Watts
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i3-12100F - 16 vs 8 threads
  • Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i3-12100F doesn't have integrated graphics

Advantages of Core i3-12100F

  • Performs up to 16% better in Dota 2 than Core i7-10870H - 238 vs 205 FPS
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Dota 2

Dota 2

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Best Looking

Core i7-10870H

Mobile • Sep 17th, 2020


FPS

205

86%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

Core i3-12100F

Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022


FPS

238

100%

Value, £/FPS

£0.3/FPS

100%

Price, £

£70.97

100%

FPS and Value Winner

Intel® Core™ i3-12100F Desktop Processor 12M Cache, up to 4.30 GHz

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In Stock

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Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Best Looking

Core i7-10870H

Mobile • Sep 17th, 2020

Core i3-12100F

Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Core i7-10870H

Mobile • Sep 17th, 2020


Single-Core

1433

64%

Multi-Core

6094

82%

Core i3-12100F

Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022


Single-Core

2225

100%

Multi-Core

7457

100%

Core i7-10870H

vs

Core i3-12100F

Sep 17th, 2020Release Date
Jan 25th, 2022
Core i7CollectionCore i3
Comet LakeCodenameAlder Lake
Intel BGA 1440SocketIntel Socket 1700
Mobile
Segment
Desktop
8
Cores4
16
Threads8
2.2 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.3 GHz
5.0 GHz
Turbo Clock Speed4.3 GHz
45 W
TDP58 W
14 nmProcess Size
10 nm
22.0xMultiplier
33.0x
UHD Graphics
Integrated GraphicsNone
NoOverclockableNo

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