i3-12100 vs Pentium III 1000

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium III 1000 and Core i3-12100 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated889
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Power efficiencyno data13.51
Architecture codenameCoppermine (1999−2001)Alder Lake-S (2022)
Release date8 March 2000 (24 years ago)4 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$990no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium III 1000 and Core i3-12100 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)
Threads18
Base clock speedno data3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed1 GHz4.3 GHz
L1 cache32 KB80K (per core)
L2 cache256 KB1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography180 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size106 mm2163 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)70 °Cno data
Number of transistors28 millionno data
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium III 1000 and Core i3-12100 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 configuration21
Socket370FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)33 Watt60 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium III 1000 and Core i3-12100. 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 1000 and Core i3-12100 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 1000 and Core i3-12100 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 1000 and Core i3-12100. 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

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)Intel UHD Graphics 730
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.4 GHz
Execution Unitsno data24

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium III 1000 and Core i3-12100 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium III 1000 and Core i3-12100 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2160 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data5120 x 3200 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium III 1000 and Core i3-12100 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium III 1000 and Core i3-12100.

PCIe versionno data5.0 and 4.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 March 2000 4 January 2022
Physical cores 1 4
Threads 1 8
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 60 Watt

Pentium III 1000 has 81.8% lower power consumption.

i3-12100, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 21 year, and 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads.

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