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Prices and StockMSRP $97
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MSRP $97
Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i3-12100F outperforms the more expensive Core i5-8400 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i3-12100F is 1573 days newer than the more expensive Core i5-8400.
Advantages of Core i3-12100F
- Performs up to 4% better in Resident Evil Village than Core i5-8400 - 311 vs 300 FPS
- Up to 4% cheaper than Core i5-8400 - $69.19 vs $72.07
- Up to 8% better value when playing Resident Evil Village than Core i5-8400 - $0.22 vs $0.24 per FPS
- Consumes up to 11% less energy than Intel Core i5-8400 - 58 vs 65 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8400 - 8 vs 6 threads
Resident Evil Village
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Max
Intel Core i5-8400 Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.0 GHz LGA 1151 300 Series 65W
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Core i3-12100F
Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022
FPS
311
100%
Value, €/FPS
€0.22/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.
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My Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Max
Core i5-8400
Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017
Core i3-12100F
Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i5-8400 | vs | Core i3-12100F |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 5th, 2017 | Release Date | Jan 25th, 2022 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i3 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Alder Lake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
6 | Cores | 4 |
| 6 | Threads | 8 |
| 2.8 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.3 GHz |
| 4.0 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.3 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 58 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
| 28.0x | Multiplier | 33.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | No |
PCs Using Core i5-8400 or Core i3-12100F
With selected game settings
103 FPS
€7/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i3-12100F
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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€720.71
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73 FPS
€10.49/FPS
Radeon RX 580
Core i5-8400
8 GB, 1 TB HDD
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