i3-12100F vs Pentium III 933

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Core i3-6100 Core i3-7100 Core i3-10100 Core i3-10100F Core i3-10105 Core i3-10105F Core i3-12100 Core i3-12100F Core i3-13100 Core i3-13100F Core i3-14100 Core i3-14100F

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Pentium III 933 Pentium III 933
i3-12100F i3-12100F

Primary details

Comparing Pentium III 933 and Core i3-12100F processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated859
Place by popularitynot in top-1005
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Power efficiencyno data14.49
Architecture codenameCoppermine T (2000)Alder Lake-S (2022)
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)January 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium III 933 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 cores1 (Single-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threadsno data8
Base clock speedno data3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed0.93 GHz4.3 GHz
L1 cache8 KB80K (per core)
L2 cache256 KB1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography180 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size80 mm2163 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)69 °Cno data
Number of transistors44 millionno data
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium III 933 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
Socket370FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)27 Watt58 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium III 933 and Core i3-12100F. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® 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

Pentium III 933 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 Pentium III 933 and Core i3-12100F are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium III 933 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 Pentium III 933 and Core i3-12100F.

PCIe versionno data5.0 and 4.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

Pros & cons summary

Physical cores 1 4
Power consumption (TDP) 27 Watt 58 Watt

Pentium III 933 has 114.8% lower power consumption.

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

We couldn't decide between Pentium III 933 and Core i3-12100F. We've got no test results to judge.

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