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Key Differences
In short — Core i9-14900 outperforms the cheaper Core i3-12100F on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Core i3-12100F is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i9-14900 is 713 days newer than the cheaper Core i3-12100F.
Advantages of Core i3-12100F
- Up to 88% cheaper than Core i9-14900 - £70.97 vs £570.81
- Up to 85% better value when playing Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales than Core i9-14900 - £0.48 vs £3.28 per FPS
Advantages of Core i9-14900
- Performs up to 18% better in Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales than Core i3-12100F - 174 vs 148 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i3-12100F - 32 vs 8 threads
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i3-12100F doesn't have integrated graphics
Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Core i3-12100F
Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022
FPS
148
85%
Value, £/FPS
£0.48/FPS
100%
Price, £
£70.97
100%
Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i3-12100F Desktop Processor 12M Cache, up to 4.30 GHz
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Intel® Core™ i9-14900 Desktop Processor 24 cores (8 P-cores + 16 E-cores) up to 5.8 GHz
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With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Core i3-12100F
Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022
Core i9-14900
Desktop • Jan 8th, 2024
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i3-12100F | vs | Core i9-14900 |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 25th, 2022 | Release Date | Jan 8th, 2024 |
| Core i3 | Collection | Core i9 |
| Alder Lake | Codename | Raptor Lake |
| Intel Socket 1700 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 24 |
| 8 | Threads | 32 |
3.3 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.0 GHz |
| 4.3 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.8 GHz |
| 58 W | TDP | Not Available |
| 10 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
33.0x | Multiplier | 20.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 770 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
PCs Using Core i3-12100F or Core i9-14900
With selected game settings
27 FPS
£44.41/FPS
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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40 FPS
£23.37/FPS
8 GB, N/A Storage
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73 FPS
£17.4/FPS
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