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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i3-12100F outperforms the more expensive Core i5-12400F on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i3-12100F is 21 days newer than the more expensive Core i5-12400F.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-12400F
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i3-12100F - 12 vs 8 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i3-12100F
- Performs up to 1% better in Rust than Core i5-12400F - 233 vs 231 FPS
- Up to 91% cheaper than Core i5-12400F - $62.14 vs $658.06
- Up to 91% better value when playing Rust than Core i5-12400F - $0.3 vs $3.16 per FPS
- Consumes up to 11% less energy than Intel Core i5-12400F - 58 vs 65 Watts
Rust
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Thermaltake LCGS Quartz i350 R4 Gaming Desktop (Intel Core™ i5-12400F, 3600Mhz 16GB RGB Memory, NVIDIA GeForce® RTX 3050, 1TB NVMe M.2) S2QT-B66R-350-LCS,White
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Core i3-12100F
Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022
FPS
233
100%
Value, €/FPS
€0.3/FPS
100%
Price, €
€68.97
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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Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i5-12400F
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Core i3-12100F
Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-12400F | vs | Intel Core i3-12100F |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 4th, 2022 | Release Date | Jan 25th, 2022 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i3 |
| Alder Lake | Codename | Alder Lake |
| Intel Socket 1700 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
6 | Cores | 4 |
12 | Threads | 8 |
| 2.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.3 GHz |
4.4 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.3 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 58 W |
| 10 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
| 25.0x | Multiplier | 33.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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