12th Gen Intel Core i3 1210U | Review

Launched in January of 2022, 12th Gen Intel Core i3 1210U is a low-end processor for laptops powered by one performance core with 2 threads and 4 efficiency cores with 4 threads. The performance core has a base clock of 1GHz and a boost clock of 4.4 GHz the efficiency cores, on the other hand, have a base clock of 0.7GHz and a boost clock of 3.3GHz.

How is 12th Gen Intel Core i3 1210U in terms of performance (Good or Bad)

12th Gen Intel Core i3 1210U can easily handle your day-to-day tasks such as Browsing, Streaming, and office productivity software the 6-core 12th Gen i3 CPU should be able to handle back photo and video editing workloads. Based on Intel’s 10 nm architecture with this the 12th Gen CPUs see an average IPC gain of 19 percent the higher IPC allows the Alder Lake CPUs more performance at the same clock speed. In terms of raw performance, it is slightly faster than the 11th gen intel core i3 1125G4.

Architecture and other features

The TDP of this Chip as specified by Intel is 9 watts and can go up to 29 Watts. It also supports new faster DDR5 memory of up to  4800MHz and low-power LPDDR5 5200MHz while also supporting DDR4 memory of up to 3200MHz and low-power LPDDR4X 4267MHz. Other Key Features Include Intel Iris Xe Graphics 64EUs and support for USB 4 (40Gbps).