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Core i5-11400F vs Core i3-12100F

Core i5-11400F vs Core i3-12100F: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

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FPS Winner

Core i3-12100F

3.3 GHz | 4-core

Intel Core i3-12100F Logo
Intel® Core™ 12th Gen i3-12100F desktop processor, featuring PCIe Gen 5.0 & 4.0 support, DDR5 and DDR4 support. Discrete graphics required.

Buy for 69.19 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 259 minutes ago

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FPS Winner

Core i3-12100F

3.3 GHz | 4-core

Intel Core i3-12100F Logo
Intel® Core™ 12th Gen i3-12100F desktop processor, featuring PCIe Gen 5.0 & 4.0 support, DDR5 and DDR4 support. Discrete graphics required.

Buy for 69.19 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 259 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — Core i3-12100F outperforms Core i5-11400F on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i3-12100F is 315 days newer than Core i5-11400F.

Advantages of Core i5-11400F

  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i3-12100F - 12 vs 8 threads

Advantages of Core i3-12100F

  • Performs up to 2% better in Elden Ring than Core i5-11400F - 131 vs 128 FPS
  • Consumes up to 11% less energy than Intel Core i5-11400F - 58 vs 65 Watts
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Elden Ring

Elden Ring

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Maximum

Intel Core i5-11400F Logo
Core i5-11400F

Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021


FPS

128

98%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

Intel Core i3-12100F Logo
Core i3-12100F

Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022


FPS

131

100%

Value, €/FPS

€0.53/FPS

100%

Price, €

€69.19

100%

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.

Buy for 69.19 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 259 minutes ago

Trending Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Maximum

Intel Core i5-11400F Logo
Core i5-11400F

Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021

Intel Core i3-12100F Logo
Core i3-12100F

Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i5-11400F Logo
Core i5-11400F

Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021


Single-Core

1961

88%

Multi-Core

7608

100%

Intel Core i3-12100F Logo
Core i3-12100F

Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022


Single-Core

2225

100%

Multi-Core

7457

98%

Intel Core i5-11400F Logo

Core i5-11400F

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Intel Core i3-12100F Logo

Core i3-12100F

Mar 16th, 2021Release Date
Jan 25th, 2022
Core i5CollectionCore i3
Rocket LakeCodenameAlder Lake
Intel Socket 1200SocketIntel Socket 1700
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
6
Cores4
12
Threads8
2.6 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.3 GHz
4.4 GHz
Turbo Clock Speed4.3 GHz
65 WTDP
58 W
14 nmProcess Size
10 nm
26.0xMultiplier
33.0x
NoneIntegrated GraphicsNone
NoOverclockableNo

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