Core i3 12100
Intel desktop processor · Core i 12th gen · launched January 2022
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Launch price in today's dollars
The Core i3 12100 launched at $122 in 2022. Adjusted with the U.S. Consumer Price Index, that is about $138 in 2026 dollars (7-month average), a 13% rise over 4 years. At its launch price that is 86 Blender points per $100.
Method: launch price × (CPI 2026 average ÷ CPI 2022 average), calendar-year averages of BLS series CPIAUCSL. 2026 covers 7 months so far.
Blender rendering score
Median score 105 (middle half of runs 100–112) across 35 community runs on Blender 4.x with the CPU backend. That is #184 of 290 desktop processors in our dataset with a score, and #16 of 17 in the Core i 12th gen.
This is a rendering benchmark (samples per minute over the monster, junkshop and classroom scenes), not a gaming benchmark. It says how fast the part renders in Blender's Cycles engine and nothing about frame rates. Source: Blender Open Data, CC0, snapshot 2026-09-06.
Specifications
| Vendor | Intel |
|---|---|
| Series | Core i 12th gen |
| Launched | January 2022 |
| Launch price | $122 (1,000-unit price) |
| Socket | LGA 1700 |
| Cores / threads | 4 / 8 |
| Base clock | 3.3 GHz |
| Boost clock | 4.3 GHz |
| L3 cache | 12 MB |
| Rated power | 60 W (base power), up to 89 W |
| Integrated graphics | UHD 730 |
| Tier | 3-series |
The Intel 3-series over time
Intel desktop processors in the same tier around this one, oldest first, re-releases left out. Prices in launch dollars and in 2026 dollars; scores are Blender 4.x medians where they exist.
| Part | Year | Launch price | In 2026 $ | Blender |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core i3 10100F | 2020 | $97 | $124 | 72 |
| Core i3 10105 | 2021 | $122 | $149 | 72 |
| Core i3 10105F | 2021 | $97 | $118 | 72 |
| Core i3 10105T | 2021 | $122 | $149 | — |
| Core i3 10305 | 2021 | $143 | $175 | — |
| Core i3 10305T | 2021 | $143 | $175 | — |
| Core i3 10325 | 2021 | $154 | $188 | — |
| Core i3 11100B | 2021 | — | — | — |
| Core i3 12100 | 2022 | $122 | $138 | 105 |
| Core i3 12100F | 2022 | $97 | $110 | 103 |
| Core i3 12100T | 2022 | $122 | $138 | — |
| Core i3 12300 | 2022 | $143 | $162 | — |
| Core i3 12300T | 2022 | $143 | $162 | — |
| Core i3 13100 | 2023 | $134 | $146 | 103 |
| Core i3 13100F | 2023 | $109 | $118 | 105 |
| Core i3 13100T | 2023 | $134 | $146 | 90 |
Compare with
- Core i3 12100F · 2022 · $97 · 103
- Core i3 12100T · 2022 · $122
- Core i3 12300 · 2022 · $143
- Core i3 12300T · 2022 · $143
- Core i3 10105 · 2021 · $122 · 72
- Core i3 10105F · 2021 · $97 · 72
- Core i3 10105T · 2021 · $122
- Core i3 10305 · 2021 · $143
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