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MSRP $97
Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i3-12100F outperforms the cheaper Core i3-9100F on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i3-12100F is 1008 days newer than the cheaper Core i3-9100F.
Advantages of Core i3-9100F
- Up to 9% cheaper than Core i3-12100F - $63.06 vs $69.19
Advantages of Core i3-12100F
- Performs up to 24% better in Starfield than Core i3-9100F - 72 vs 58 FPS
- Up to 12% better value when playing Starfield than Core i3-9100F - $0.96 vs $1.09 per FPS
- Consumes up to 11% less energy than Intel Core i3-9100F - 58 vs 65 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i3-9100F - 8 vs 4 threads
Starfield
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Intel Core i3-9100F Desktop Processor 4 Core Up to 4.2 GHz without Processor Graphics LGA1151 300 Series 65W
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Core i3-12100F
Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022
FPS
72
100%
Value, €/FPS
€0.96/FPS
100%
Price, €
€69.19
91%
FPS and 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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My Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i3-9100F
Desktop • Apr 23rd, 2019
Core i3-12100F
Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i3-9100F | vs | Core i3-12100F |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 23rd, 2019 | Release Date | Jan 25th, 2022 |
| Core i3 | Collection | Core i3 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Alder Lake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 4 |
| 4 | Threads | 8 |
3.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.3 GHz |
| 4.2 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.3 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 58 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
36.0x | Multiplier | 33.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | No |
PCs Using Core i3-9100F or Core i3-12100F
With selected game settings
14 FPS
€51.48/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i3-12100F
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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