i3-12100F vs Athlon X2 L310

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon X2 L310 and Core i3-12100F processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated857
Place by popularitynot in top-1005
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
Series2x AMD Athlonno data
Power efficiencyno data14.50
Architecture codenameConesus (2009)Alder Lake-S (2022)
Release date10 September 2009 (15 years ago)January 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon X2 L310 and Core i3-12100F basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads28
Base clock speedno data3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed1.2 GHz4.3 GHz
Bus rate800 MHzno data
L1 cache256 KB80K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cacheno data12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nmIntel 7 nm
Die sizeno data163 mm2
Maximum core temperature95 °C100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Athlon X2 L310 and Core i3-12100F compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configurationno data1
SocketBGA / 638 lidless micro-PGAFCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)13 Watt58 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon X2 L310 and Core i3-12100F. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, 3DNow, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Virtualization, Enhanced Virus ProtectionIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
VirusProtect+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Athlon X2 L310 and Core i3-12100F technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon X2 L310 and Core i3-12100F are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon X2 L310 and Core i3-12100F. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data76.8 GB/s

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon X2 L310 and Core i3-12100F.

PCIe versionno data5.0 and 4.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.



Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Athlon X2 L310 329
i3-12100F 14108
+4188%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Athlon X2 L310 116
i3-12100F 2243
+1834%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Athlon X2 L310 199
i3-12100F 7481
+3659%

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 4
Threads 2 8
Power consumption (TDP) 13 Watt 58 Watt

Athlon X2 L310 has 346.2% lower power consumption.

i3-12100F, on the other hand, has 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Athlon X2 L310 and Core i3-12100F. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Athlon X2 L310 is a notebook processor while Core i3-12100F is a desktop one.


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