Some time ago we rarely recommended the entry game platform, on the one hand, the graphics card price is too high, just a single display will make the platform away from the "entry" price, on the other hand, the 11th generation Core and Ryzen™ 5000 do not have entry-level models, i3-10105, Ryzen™ 3300X and other old guys are really unpleasant. Now it's good, not only the entry-level game graphics card is on the market, but the 12th generation Core i3 processor has finally arrived. Can it be the savior of the introductory gaming platform? Let's take a look.
Intel's wave of listing is really "bold", from i9 to Pentium all pushed to the market in one breath, even the low-power T type has come. As for the configuration, the 12th generation i3 and i5 ordinary version are the same, completely without a performance core, the configuration of the 4 core 8 threads and the i3-10105, Ryzen™ 3300 does not seem to be too much, the actual effect is how? Let's take a look. Note that this time considering the positioning, the graphics card uses the RTX 3060 Ti, and the frame rate and score are closer to the actual situation of the entry and mainstream platforms.
The i3-12100's gaming ability is really good, mainstream online games run to frame rate to fly, even the latest hardware killer AAA games can run smoothly. However, installing a computer can not only play games, how about the daily application of decompression and transfer of a video format?
Although the Ryzen™ 3 3300X resisted a bit in the decompression project, overall, the Core i3-12100 is still stronger, and it is indeed a comprehensive suppression. so...... What happened to the power consumption and heat generation problems that impressed many users in the 10th and 11th generation Cores?
It should be noted here that this test is based on software monitoring, in the FPU floating-point operation i3-12100 heat generation (TDP) is higher, but the temperature is much lower, more trustworthy is the sensor more "direct" temperature, TDP is the integrated current sensor and other data, there may be algorithmic problems. In this way, the new generation i3 is really tempting, so what about its price and value for money?
The i3-12100F without nuclear display is lower than the previous generation of F-type products, and the Ryzen™ 3 3000, although better performing, is completely out of stock. So for entry-level gaming platforms, of course, now is the choice of the i3-12100F. By the way, the price of i3-12100 with nuclear display is much higher than that of i3-10105, if you do not have high performance requirements, the nuclear display is enough, the simple configuration and cheap i3-10105 is still attractive.