Intel Core i3 12100 vs Intel Core i7 6500U
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Jan 2022
Sep 2015
Manufacturer
Intel
Intel
Type
Desktop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Alder Lake
Skylake
Processor Number
i3-12100
i7-6500U
Integrated Graphics
UHD Graphics 730
HD Graphics 520
Package
Manufacturing Process
10 nm
14 nm
Socket
LGA-1700
BGA-1356
Power Consumption
60 W
15 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
89 W
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Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
100 °C
Transistor Count
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1.7 billions
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
4
2
Performance Core Threads
8
4
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.3 GHz
2.5 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.3 GHz
3.1 GHz
Total Core Count
4
2
Total Thread Count
8
4
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
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Multiplier
33x
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L1 Cache
80 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
1280 K per core
256 K per core
L3 Cache
12 MB shared
4 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600
Max Memory Size
128 GB
32 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
76.8 GB/s
34.1 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Base Frequency
300 MHz
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GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1400 MHz
1050 MHz
Shader Units
192
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Texture Units
48
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Raster Operation Units
24
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Execution Units
24
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Power Consumption
15 W
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Max Resolution
3840x2160 - 60 Hz
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Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
5.0
3.0
PCIe Lanes
20
12
Extended Instruction Set
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SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,662
719
Cinebench R23
7,985
2,072
Geekbench 6
2,214
1,027
Geekbench 5
1,697
742
Geekbench 6
7,431
2,074
Geekbench 5
6,276
1,655
Blender
103
22
Passmark CPU
3,433
1,695
Passmark CPU
13,580
3,261
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.