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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i3-12100F outperforms the more expensive Core i7-10700F on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i3-12100F is 635 days newer than the more expensive Core i7-10700F.
Advantages of Intel Core i3-12100F
- Performs up to 5% better in Baldur's Gate 3 than Core i7-10700F - 124 vs 118 FPS
- Up to 58% cheaper than Core i7-10700F - $94.98 vs $225.99
- Up to 60% better value when playing Baldur's Gate 3 than Core i7-10700F - $0.77 vs $1.92 per FPS
- Consumes up to 11% less energy than Intel Core i7-10700F - 58 vs 65 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i7-10700F
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i3-12100F - 16 vs 8 threads
Baldur's Gate 3
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i3-12100F
Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022
FPS
124
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.77/FPS
100%
Price, $
$94.98
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ 12th Gen i3-12100F desktop processor, featuring PCIe Gen 5.0 & 4.0 support, DDR5 and DDR4 support. Discrete graphics required.
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Core i7-10700F
Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020
FPS
118
95.16129032258065%
Value, $/FPS
$1.92/FPS
40.10416666666667%
Price, $
$225.99
42%
Intel® Core™ i7-10700F Desktop Processor 8 Cores up to 4.8 GHz Without Processor Graphics LGA1200 (Intel® 400 Series chipset) 65W
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i3-12100F
Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022
Core i7-10700F
Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i7-10700F
Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020
Single-Core
1612
72.4494382022472%
Multi-Core
7231
96.96929059943677%
Intel Core i3-12100F | vs | Intel Core i7-10700F |
|---|---|---|
Jan 25th, 2022 | Release Date | Apr 30th, 2020 |
| Core i3 | Collection | Core i7 |
| Alder Lake | Codename | Comet Lake |
| Intel Socket 1700 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 8 |
| 8 | Threads | 16 |
3.3 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.9 GHz |
| 4.3 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.8 GHz |
58 W | TDP | 65 W |
10 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
33.0x | Multiplier | 29.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i3-12100F or Core i7-10700F
Baldur's Gate 3, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
50 FPS
$16/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i3-12100F
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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44 FPS
$26.82/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i7-10700F
16 GB, 500 GB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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$1,179.99
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108 FPS
$19.91/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080
Core i7-10700F
32 GB, 512 GB SSD + 3 TB HDD
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$2,149.99
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65 FPS
$17.69/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Core i7-10700F
32 GB, 512 GB SSD + 3 TB HDD
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54 FPS
$32.76/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i7-10700F
64 GB, 4 TB SSD
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$1,769
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72 FPS
$15.97/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Core i7-10700F
32 GB, 512 GB SSD + 3 TB HDD
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$1,149.99
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98 FPS
$17.35/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
Core i7-10700F
32 GB, 512 GB SSD + 3 TB HDD
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$1,699.99
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35 FPS
$34.26/FPS
Radeon RX 580
Core i7-10700F
16 GB, 480 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$1,199
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49 FPS
$30.61/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Core i7-10700F
16 GB, 512 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$1,499.99
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85 FPS
$15.29/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Core i7-10700F
32 GB, 512 GB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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$1,299.99
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