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£70
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Prices and StockMSRP $97
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MSRP $97
Prices and StockMSRP $799
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MSRP $799
Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i3-12100F outperforms the more expensive Ryzen 9 5950X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i3-12100F is 446 days newer than the more expensive Ryzen 9 5950X.
Advantages of Core i3-12100F
- Performs up to 1% better in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor than Ryzen 9 5950X - 146 vs 145 FPS
- Up to 75% cheaper than Ryzen 9 5950X - £70.00 vs £279.99
- Up to 75% better value when playing Star Wars Jedi: Survivor than Ryzen 9 5950X - £0.48 vs £1.93 per FPS
- Consumes up to 45% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 5950X - 58 vs 105 Watts
Advantages of Ryzen 9 5950X
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i3-12100F - 32 vs 8 threads
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Epic
Core i3-12100F
Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022
FPS
146
100%
Value, £/FPS
£0.48/FPS
100%
Price, £
£70
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i3-12100F Desktop Processor 12M Cache, up to 4.30 GHz
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Updated 6290 minutes ago
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Processor (16Cores/32Threads, 105W TDP, Socket AM4, 72MB Cache, Up to 4.9 GHz Max Boost, no cooler)
Buy for £279.99 on Amazon
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Updated 6290 minutes ago
My Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Epic
Core i3-12100F
Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022
Ryzen 9 5950X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i3-12100F | vs | Ryzen 9 5950X |
|---|---|---|
Jan 25th, 2022 | Release Date | Nov 5th, 2020 |
| Core i3 | Collection | Ryzen 9 |
| Alder Lake | Codename | Vermeer |
| Intel Socket 1700 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 16 |
| 8 | Threads | 32 |
| 3.3 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.4 GHz |
| 4.3 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.9 GHz |
58 W | TDP | 105 W |
| 10 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 33.0x | Multiplier | 34.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
PCs Using Core i3-12100F or Ryzen 9 5950X
With selected game settings
39 FPS
£30.61/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650
Core i3-12100F
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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£1,193.78
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75 FPS
£16.93/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Core i3-12100F
8 GB, N/A Storage
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£1,269.99
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49 FPS
£19.08/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i3-12100F
8 GB, N/A Storage
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£934.99
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