12th Gen Core i3-12100F vs Core 7 240H

Short answer: which is best?

12th Gen Core i3-12100F is 10.4 % stronger than Core 7 240H. 12th Gen Core i3-12100F ranks #59 of 103 measured processors at WhatFPS (7,289 CPU score over 1 verified runs). Core 7 240H ranks #70 of 103 measured processors at WhatFPS (6,603 CPU score over 1 verified runs). The numbers are measured in 2 verified WhatFPS runs — not estimated, not self-reported.

Measured comparison

Metric12th Gen Core i3-12100FCore 7 240H
CPU score (the processor's own performance)7,2896,603
Best rig (GAMING — whole PC)4,3584,945
Integer (MT)3.8 Gop/s4.9 Gop/s
Single-thread (1T)0.69 Gop/s0.5 Gop/s
Draw calls/s (DX11)5,078,4277,654,839
Cores / threads4 / 810 / 16
L3 cache12 MB24 MB

What the numbers mean

The CPU score is the processor's own performance — that is what we rank on. GAMING is the whole rig's score in the best PC we measured the processor in, and leans heavily on the graphics card. A strong processor in a weak PC gets a low GAMING score without being worse. We show both and never mix them.

All numbers come from our benchmark suite: four hand-built 3D scenes written directly against the graphics APIs in Rust, the same load on every PC. The methodology is open at https://whatfps.com/metodik

All measurements for 12th Gen Core i3-12100F · All measurements for Core 7 240H