i3-12100 vs i7-14700K - Minecraft RTX 3080 Ti Max-Q - Game Performance Benchmarks

RTX 3080 Ti Max-Q with Intel Core i3-12100

Minecraft

RTX 3080 Ti Max-Q with Intel Core i7-14700K

i3-12100 i7-14700K

Multi-Thread Performance

12603 Pts

34323 Pts

Single-Thread Performance

3340 Pts

5425 Pts

Minecraft

i3-12100 vs i7-14700K in Minecraft using RTX 3080 Ti Max-Q - CPU Performance comparison at Ultra, High, Medium, and Low Quality Settings with 1080p, 1440p, Ultrawide, 4K resolutions

i3-12100 i7-14700K

Ultra Quality

Resolution	Frames Per Second
1080p	1,297.8 FPS
1080p	1,480.5 FPS
1440p	607.1 FPS
1440p	661.3 FPS
2160p	310.5 FPS
2160p	338.3 FPS
w1440p	490.9 FPS
w1440p	534.8 FPS

High Quality

Resolution	Frames Per Second
1080p	1,213.2 FPS
1080p	1,335.3 FPS
1440p	682.8 FPS
1440p	729.7 FPS
2160p	401.3 FPS
2160p	430.0 FPS
w1440p	578.2 FPS
w1440p	618.5 FPS

Medium Quality

Resolution	Frames Per Second
1080p	1,128.7 FPS
1080p	1,190.0 FPS
1440p	758.6 FPS
1440p	798.0 FPS
2160p	492.1 FPS
2160p	521.6 FPS
w1440p	665.5 FPS
w1440p	702.2 FPS

Low Quality

Resolution	Frames Per Second
1080p	959.5 FPS
1080p	899.6 FPS
1440p	910.1 FPS
1440p	934.8 FPS
2160p	673.7 FPS
2160p	705.0 FPS
w1440p	840.2 FPS
w1440p	869.5 FPS

i3-12100

The i3-12100 is more power efficient and generates less heat.

i7-14700K

The i7-14700K has higher Level 2 Cache. Data/instructions which have to be processed can be loaded from the fast L2 and the CPU does not have to wait for the very slow DDR RAM
The i7-14700K has higher Level 3 Cache. This is useful when you have substantial multiprocessing workloads, many computationally intense simultaneous processes. More likely on a server, less on a personally used computer for interactive desktop workloads.
For some games, a cpu with a higher clock speed, or in a technical name IPC (Instructions per clock), has better results than other CPU's with higher core count and lower core speed.

Compare i3-12100 vs i7-14700K specifications

i3-12100 vs i7-14700K Architecture

	i3-12100	i7-14700K
Chipsets	Z690, H670, B660, H610	Intel 600 Series, Intel 700 series
Codename	Alder Lake-S	Raptor Lake-R
DDR4 Speed	3200 MT/s	3200 MT/s
DDR5 Speed	4800 MT/s	5600 MT/s
ECC Memory	No	Yes
Generation	Core i3 (Alder Lake-S)	Core i7 (Raptor Lake Refresh)
Memory Support	DDR4, DDR5 Dual-channel	DDR4, DDR5
PCI-Express	Gen 5, 20 Lanes (CPU only)	Gen 5, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

i3-12100 vs i7-14700K Cache

	i3-12100	i7-14700K
Cache L1	80K (per core)	80 KB (per core)
Cache L2	1.25MB (per core)	2 MB (per core)
Cache L3	12MB (shared)	33 MB (shared)

i3-12100 vs i7-14700K Cores

	i3-12100	i7-14700K

i3-12100 vs i7-14700K Performance

	i3-12100	i7-14700K
Base Clock	100 MHz	100 MHz
Frequency	3.3 GHz	3.4 GHz
Multiplier	33.0x	34.0x
Multiplier Unlocked	No	Yes
PL1	60W	253 W
PL2	89W	253 W
PL2 Tau Limit	28 seconds	Unlimited
TDP	60 W	125 W
Turbo Clock	up to 4.3 GHz	up to 5.6 GHz