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Key Differences
In short — Core i9-14900 outperforms the cheaper Core i3-12100F on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Core i3-12100F is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i9-14900 is 713 days newer than the cheaper Core i3-12100F.
Advantages of Core i3-12100F
- Up to 87% cheaper than Core i9-14900 - $69.19 vs $517.79
- Up to 84% better value when playing Rust than Core i9-14900 - $0.30 vs $1.93 per FPS
Advantages of Core i9-14900
- Performs up to 15% better in Rust than Core i3-12100F - 268 vs 233 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i3-12100F - 32 vs 8 threads
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i3-12100F doesn't have integrated graphics
Rust
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i3-12100F
Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022
FPS
233
87%
Value, €/FPS
€0.3/FPS
100%
Price, €
€69.19
100%
Value Winner
Intel® Core™ 12th Gen i3-12100F desktop processor, featuring PCIe Gen 5.0 & 4.0 support, DDR5 and DDR4 support. Discrete graphics required.
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Intel Core i9-14900 Desktop Processor 24 cores (8 P-cores + 16 E-cores) up to 5.8 GHz
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Updated 7042 minutes ago
My Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i3-12100F
Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022
Core i9-14900
Desktop • Jan 8th, 2024
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i3-12100F | vs | Core i9-14900 |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 25th, 2022 | Release Date | Jan 8th, 2024 |
| Core i3 | Collection | Core i9 |
| Alder Lake | Codename | Raptor Lake |
| Intel Socket 1700 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 24 |
| 8 | Threads | 32 |
3.3 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.0 GHz |
| 4.3 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.8 GHz |
| 58 W | TDP | Not Available |
| 10 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
33.0x | Multiplier | 20.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 770 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
PCs Using Core i3-12100F or Core i9-14900
With selected game settings
146 FPS
€12.95/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
Core i9-14900
64 GB, 4 TB SSD
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€1,890.99
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131 FPS
€12.99/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Core i9-14900
64 GB, 1 TB SSD
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€1,701.8
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146 FPS
€14.19/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB
Core i9-14900
64 GB, 4 TB SSD
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€2,071.17
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75 FPS
€9.61/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i3-12100F
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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€720.71
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146 FPS
€12.03/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
Core i9-14900
64 GB, 2 TB SSD
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€1,755.86
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131 FPS
€14.09/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Core i9-14900
64 GB, 2 TB SSD
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€1,845.95
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168 FPS
€14.3/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Core i9-14900
64 GB, 4 TB SSD
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€2,402.69
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146 FPS
€13.99/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
Core i9-14900
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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€2,042.33
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268 FPS
€13.73/FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
Core i9-14900
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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