i3-12100 vs i7-14700K - Need For Speed: Heat R9 FURY X - Game Performance Benchmarks

R9 FURY X with Intel Core i3-12100

Need For Speed: Heat

R9 FURY X with Intel Core i7-14700K

i3-12100 i7-14700K

Multi-Thread Performance

12603 Pts

34323 Pts

Single-Thread Performance

3340 Pts

5425 Pts

Need For Speed: Heat

i3-12100 vs i7-14700K in Need For Speed: Heat using R9 FURY X - 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	58.3 FPS
1080p	65.8 FPS
1440p	44.6 FPS
1440p	46.9 FPS
2160p	28.2 FPS
2160p	29.7 FPS
w1440p	39.0 FPS
w1440p	41.0 FPS

High Quality

Resolution	Frames Per Second
1080p	99.7 FPS
1080p	110.6 FPS
1440p	79.3 FPS
1440p	82.8 FPS
2160p	53.4 FPS
2160p	55.8 FPS
w1440p	70.6 FPS
w1440p	73.7 FPS

Medium Quality

Resolution	Frames Per Second
1080p	141.1 FPS
1080p	155.3 FPS
1440p	114.0 FPS
1440p	118.7 FPS
2160p	78.5 FPS
2160p	81.9 FPS
w1440p	102.3 FPS
w1440p	106.5 FPS

Low Quality

Resolution	Frames Per Second
1080p	224.0 FPS
1080p	244.9 FPS
1440p	183.3 FPS
1440p	190.4 FPS
2160p	128.8 FPS
2160p	134.1 FPS
w1440p	165.5 FPS
w1440p	172.0 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