i3-12100F vs C-70

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Primary details

Comparing C-70 and Core i3-12100F processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated854
Place by popularitynot in top-1006
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD C-Seriesno data
Power efficiencyno data14.50
Architecture codenameOntario (2011−2012)Alder Lake-S (2022)
Release date1 September 2012 (12 years ago)January 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

C-70 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 speed1 GHz3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed1.33 GHz4.3 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)80K (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography40 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size75 mm2163 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on C-70 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 configuration11
SocketFT1 BGA 413-BallFCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)9 Watt58 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by C-70 and Core i3-12100F. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX(+), SSE(1,2,3,3S,4A), AMD-V, Radeon HD 6290 (276-400 MHz)Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
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

C-70 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 C-70 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 C-70 and Core i3-12100F. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3 Single-channelDDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data76.8 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon HD 6290no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by C-70 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.

C-70 315
i3-12100F 14108
+4379%

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.

C-70 99
i3-12100F 2243
+2166%

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.

C-70 171
i3-12100F 7482
+4275%

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 4
Threads 2 8
Power consumption (TDP) 9 Watt 58 Watt

C-70 has 544.4% lower power consumption.

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

We couldn't decide between C-70 and Core i3-12100F. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that C-70 is a notebook processor while Core i3-12100F is a desktop one.


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