Intel Core i7-12700K vs Intel Core i3-8100B
            Intel Core i7-12700K
            
                $350
            
        
    
            Intel Core i3-8100B
            
                
            
        
    | 12 Cores 20 Threads 3.6GHz Clock | 4 Cores 4 Threads 3.6GHz Clock | 
| Socket LGA 1700 | Socket BGA 1440 | 
| iGPUUHD 770 1500MHz 770 GFLOPS FP32 | iGPUUHD 630 1050MHz 400 GFLOPS FP32 | 
| 
                                            
                                                GB6S 2,555
                                            
                                             63% | 
                                            
                                                GB6S 1,240
                                            
                                             31% | 
| 
                                            
                                                GB6M 13,785
                                            
                                             52% | 
                                            
                                                GB6M 3,535
                                            
                                             13% | 
| CB23S 1,940 75% | CB23S N/A 0% | 
| CB23M 22,230 52% | CB23M N/A 0% | 
| ManufacturerIntel | ManufacturerIntel | 
| ArchitectureAlder Lake | ArchitectureSkylake | 
| FamilyCore 12th Gen | FamilyCore 8th Gen | 
| Instruction Set (ISA) x86-64 | Instruction Set (ISA) x86-64 | 
| Codename Alder Lake-S - Alder Lake-8P-8E P-Core Golden Cove - - E-Core Gracemont | Codename Coffee Lake-B - Coffee Lake-4C-GT2 - - - - - - | 
| Market Segment Desktop | Market Segment Desktop | 
| Release Date 11/4/2021 | Release Date 10/30/2018 | 
| Foundry Intel - - - | Foundry Intel - - - | 
| Node Intel 7 - - - | Node 14nm++ - - - | 
| Die Size 202 mm² - - - | Die Size 126 mm² - - - | 
| Transistor Count 14.6 Billion - - - | Transistor Count 2.1 Billion - - - | 
| 12 Cores 8 P-Cores - 4 E-Cores | 4 Cores - - - | 
| 20 Threads 16 P-Threads - 4 E-Threads | 4 Threads - - - | 
| P-Core 3.6GHz 5GHz Boost - | - 3.6GHz - - | 
| - - - | - - - | 
| E-Core 2.7GHz 3.8GHz Boost | - - - | 
| Overclocking Unlocked - - - | Overclocking Locked - - - | 
| Type DMI | Type DMI | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| Transfer Rate 16GT/s | Transfer Rate 8GT/s | 
| - - | - - | 
| Lanes 8 | Lanes 4 | 
| Bandwidth 16GB/s | Bandwidth 4GB/s | 
| Bi-directional 32GB/s | Bi-directional 8GB/s | 
| L0 Instruction - - | L0 Instruction - - | 
| L0 Data - - | L0 Data - - | 
| L1 Instruction 32KB/P-Core 8-way set associative - - 64KB/E-Core 8-way set associative | L1 Instruction 32KB/Core 8-way set associative - - - - | 
| L1 Data 48KB/P-Core 12-way set associative - - 32KB/E-Core 8-way set associative | L1 Data 32KB/Core 8-way set associative - - - - | 
| L2 1280KB/Core 10-way set associative - - - - - - - - 2MB Shared (E-Core) 16-way set associative | L2 256KB/Core 4-way set associative - - - - - - - - - - | 
| L3 - 25MB Shared - 12-way set associative - - - - - | L3 - 6MB Shared - 16-way set associative - - - - - | 
| - - - - | - - - - | 
| Channels 2 | Channels 2 | 
| Max Memory 128GB 128GB | Max Memory 64GB | 
| ECC Not Supported | ECC Not Supported | 
| Bus Width/Channel 64Bit Bus Width 128Bit | Bus Width/Channel 64Bit Bus Width 128Bit | 
| Clock 2400MHz 1600MHz Transfer Rate 4800MT/s 3200MT/s | Clock 1333MHz Transfer Rate 2666MT/s | 
| Bandwidth/Channel 38.4GB/s 25.6GB/s Bandwidth 76.8GB/s 51.2GB/s | Bandwidth/Channel 21.3GB/s Bandwidth 42.7GB/s | 
| TDP 125W - - 190W Peak | TDP 65W - - - | 
| Temp 100°C Max - | Temp 100°C Max - | 
| Included Cooler Not Included | Included Cooler Not Included | 
| PCIe 5.0 x16 Lanes PCIe 4.0 x4 Lanes | PCIe 3.0 x16 Lanes | 
| UHD 770 1500MHz 256 Shaders 1500MHz 770 GFLOPS FP32 | UHD 630 1050MHz 192 Shaders 1050MHz 400 GFLOPS FP32 | 
| GNA 3.0 | No NPU - | 
| - - | - - | 
| -  | -  | 
| - - | - - | 
| No Cellular | No Cellular | 
 
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
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