Intel Core i3 13100F 4-core LGA1700

The i3-13100F posts a 3602 single-thread PassMark score, 88th percentile, which is outstanding for a budget chip. Multi-thread is more modest at 14665, and the feature set is thin. At EUR 112 it's a bargain, at EUR 213 it's overpriced.

The single-thread story is the star. 3602 in PassMark single-core puts this i3 ahead of most of the field, and that translates to snappy everyday use. Browsing, office work, older games, all feel quick because most software still leans hard on one or two cores. The 4.5GHz boost helps a lot here. Multi-thread is a different picture. 14665 is solid for 4 cores and 8 threads, but it's middle of the pack overall. Rendering, video encoding, heavy multitasking, you'll feel the ceiling.

Memory support is DDR5 up to 128GB, which is nice future-proofing on a budget chip. The 12MB L3 and 5MB L2 keep the cores fed well enough. But the feature score is rough, 20th percentile. No integrated graphics, no overclocking, no ECC support. You're getting a focused little workhorse, not a Swiss Army knife.

Against the Ryzen 7 7800X3D, the i3-13100F loses badly in multi-thread and gaming cache, but costs a fraction of the price. The 7800X3D is a different animal entirely, 8 cores, 3D V-Cache, built for high-end gaming. The i3 wins on efficiency and price. The Dell Xeon E5-2637 V2 is older server silicon, more cores but much slower single-thread, and it'll draw more power. The be quiet! Ryzen 3 Dark Rock Pro 5 is a cooler, not a CPU, so that's a weird comparison entry. The MSI MAG X870E Tomahawk WiFi is a motherboard, also not a direct competitor. The DAKboard CPU v4 is a niche embedded part. Honestly, the real competition for this i3 is other budget chips like AMD's Ryzen 3 and older i5s, and against those, the 13100F's single-thread lead is the differentiator.

Pricing is all over the place in Europe. EUR listings range from 112 to 213 across DE, ES, FR, and IT. That's a EUR 101 spread for the same chip. If you're in the Eurozone, shop around. The low end of that range is a steal for this level of single-thread performance. At the high end, you're paying too much and should look at other options. The BRL 775 listing in Brazil and GBP 190 in the UK are harder to judge without local context, but the EUR spread alone tells you this chip's value depends entirely on where you buy it.

The Core i3-13100F posts a PassMark single-thread score of 3602, which lands it in the 88th percentile of all CPUs in our database. That's the headline here. A budget chip that keeps up with processors costing twice as much in lightly threaded tasks. The multi-thread score of 14665 is more modest at the 70th percentile, but for a 4-core part, that's about what you'd expect. You get 4 P-cores, 8 threads, a 4.5GHz boost clock, and 12MB of L3 cache on Intel's 10nm Raptor Lake-S process.

At 58W TDP and 89W turbo, this thing sips power compared to the big boys. Efficiency scores 78.5 out of 100, which puts it at the 81st percentile. That's a real strength for a budget build. But the feature set is thin, just PCIe 5.0 and DDR5 support, and the AI/LLM score of 59.3 is the weakest area by a wide margin. If you're doing local AI inference, look elsewhere.

Skip this if you do heavy multi-threaded work. Rendering, video editing, streaming while gaming, all of that will hit the 4-core wall fast. The multi-thread PassMark of 14665 is fine for light use, but it's only at the 70th percentile. Also skip it if you need integrated graphics, since the F variant has none. And if you're into local AI or LLM workloads, the 59.3 AI score is a clear signal to look elsewhere. This chip is a focused tool for light, efficient computing, not a do-everything workhorse.

The i3-13100F is a budget CPU that doesn't feel budget in everyday use. The 3602 single-thread PassMark score is the reason to buy it. You get snappy performance for office work, web browsing, and older or esports titles, all while sipping power at 58W. The multi-thread ceiling and bare feature set are real trade-offs, but at the right price, this chip is hard to beat. Just don't expect it to handle heavy rendering or local AI workloads. For a cheap, efficient, responsive desktop, this is a solid pick.