Intel Laminar RM1 cooler included with the boxed core i3 12100f processor; shared included-accessory photograph · Intel Corporation official Laminar RM1 support photograph. Support article000089190 explicitly lists this exact boxed processor as including RM1. Shared included cooler, not a photograph of the processor itself. Native transparent PNG retained; larger source supersedes same-pose CES2022PDF native member Image4851.jp2 onpage22.
Intel · Core
Core i3-12100F
A four-core Alder Lake desktop processor for budget LGA1700 systems with a separate graphics card.
- Cores
- 4/8
- Boost
- 4.3 GHz
- L3
- 12 MB
- Power
- 58 W
- Socket
- LGA1700
What reviewers say
Reviews praise its everyday and gaming performance for the price, low power use and usable bundled cooler. It is less suited to heavily threaded work than stronger six-core processors. TechSpot prefers the Core i5-12400F when the budget allows, while both find affordable DDR4 motherboards useful for keeping total build cost down.
From techspot.com and club386.com
Specifications
Report a wrong or missing specCores and clocks
- Cores
- 4 (4 performance, 0 efficiency)
- Threads
- 8
- Base clock
- 3.3 GHz
- Boost clock
- 4.3 GHz
- L3 cache
- 12 MB
- Cores
- Four P-cores and no E-cores; Hyper-Threading supported. Intel Thread Director is not supported.
- Clocks
- CPU multiplier locked (Intel support); memory overclocking depends on the motherboard.
- Cache
- 12 MB Intel Smart Cache (L3); 5 MB total L2.
Graphics and AI
- Built-in graphics
- No
- Graphics
- No integrated graphics; a separate graphics card is required (Intel CES specification table).
- AI engine
- Intel Gaussian & Neural Accelerator 3.0; Intel Deep Learning Boost on CPU supported.
Platform
- Socket
- LGA1700
- Base power
- 58 W
- Maximum power
- 89 W
- Unlocked
- No
- Cooler in the box
- Yes
- Memory support
- Up to 128 GB; two channels; DDR5-4800 or DDR4-3200; 76.8 GB/s maximum bandwidth.
- PCIe
- PCIe 5.0 and 4.0; 20 CPU lanes, configured as 1×16+4 or 2×8+4; DMI 4.0 ×8.
- Process
- Intel 7; Alder Lake; 45 × 37.5 mm package; 100°C maximum junction temperature.
- Cooler
- Boxed retail processor includes Intel Laminar RM1 (Intel support). TechSpot calls its test cooler RS1; Intel's current exact-model list specifies RM1.
Pros and cons
Pros
- DDR4 or DDR5 memory support
- PCIe 5.0 and 4.0 support
- Laminar RM1 cooler included
Cons
- No integrated graphics
- Locked CPU multiplier
- Four cores limit heavily threaded work
Closest rivals
Model | Cores | Boost | L3 | Power | Socket | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4/8 | 4 GHz | 4 MB | 65 W | AM4 | Apr 2022 | |
| 4/8 | 4.5 GHz | 12 MB | 58 W | LGA1700 | Jan 2023 | |
| 4/8 | 3.9 GHz | 16 MB | 65 W | AM4 | May 2020 |
Newer model: Core i3-13100F.
Sources
- intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/132223/intel-core-i312100f-processor-1…
- intc.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/1517/intel-engineers-fastest-mobile-…
- download.intel.com/newsroom/2022/ces2022/intel-ces-2022-press-deck.pdf
- intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000089190/processors/intel-core-pr…
- intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000038213/processors/intel-core-pr…
- techspot.com/review/2409-intel-core-i3-12100f
- Intel Laminar RM1 cooler included with the boxed core i3 12100f processor; shared included-accessory photograph: Intel Corporation official Laminar RM1 support photograph. Support article000089190 explicitly lists this exact boxed processor as including RM1. Shared included cooler, not a photograph of the processor itself. Native transparent PNG retained; larger source supersedes same-pose CES2022PDF native member Image4851.jp2 onpage22.