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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i3-12100F outperforms the more expensive Core i5-8600 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i3-12100F is 1441 days newer than the more expensive Core i5-8600.
Advantages of Core i3-12100F
- Performs up to 2% better in Dishonored 2 than Core i5-8600 - 272 vs 266 FPS
- Up to 26% cheaper than Core i5-8600 - $69.19 vs $92.97
- Up to 29% better value when playing Dishonored 2 than Core i5-8600 - $0.25 vs $0.35 per FPS
- Consumes up to 11% less energy than Intel Core i5-8600 - 58 vs 65 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8600 - 8 vs 6 threads
Dishonored 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Intel® Core™ i5-8600 Desktop Processor 6 Core up to 4.3GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W
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Core i3-12100F
Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022
FPS
272
100%
Value, €/FPS
€0.25/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
Very High
Core i5-8600
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Core i3-12100F
Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i5-8600 | vs | Core i3-12100F |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 14th, 2018 | 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 |
| 3.1 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.3 GHz |
| 4.3 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.3 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 58 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
| 31.0x | Multiplier | 33.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | No |
PCs Using Core i5-8600 or Core i3-12100F
With selected game settings
75 FPS
€9.61/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i3-12100F
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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