Product Compare

Intel Core i3 12100 vs Intel Core i5 6600K

	CPU Intel Core i3 12100	CPU Intel Core i5 6600K
General Parameters
Release Date	Jan 2022	Aug 2015
Manufacturer	Intel	Intel
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Instruction Set	x86-64	x86-64
Core Architecture	Alder Lake	Skylake
Processor Number	i3-12100	i5-6600K
Integrated Graphics	UHD Graphics 730	HD Graphics 530
Package
Manufacturing Process	10 nm	14 nm
Socket	LGA-1700	LGA-1151
Power Consumption	60 W	91 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption	89 W
Peak Operating Temperature	100 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	4	4
Performance Core Threads	8	4
Performance Core Base Frequency	3.3 GHz	3.5 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	4.3 GHz	3.9 GHz
Total Core Count	4	4
Total Thread Count	8	4
Bus Frequency	100 MHz	100 MHz
Multiplier	33x	35
L1 Cache	80 K per core	64 K per core
L2 Cache	1280 K per core	256 K per core
L3 Cache	12 MB shared	6 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	No	No
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200	DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600
Max Memory Size	128 GB	64 GB
Max Memory Channels	2	2
Max Memory Bandwidth	76.8 GB/s	34.1 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	No	No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true	true
GPU Base Frequency	300 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	1400 MHz	1150 MHz
Shader Units	192
Texture Units	48
Raster Operation Units	24
Execution Units	24
Power Consumption	15 W
Max Resolution	3840x2160 - 60 Hz
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	5.0	3.0
PCIe Lanes	20	16
Extended Instruction Set		SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core	1662	1040
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	7985	3963
Geekbench 6 Single Core	2214	1486
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	7431	4406
Blender	103	63
Passmark CPU Single Core	3433	2327
Passmark CPU Multi Core	13580	6329