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Core i5-4258U vs Core i3-12100F

Core i5-4258U vs Core i3-12100F: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Core i3-12100F outperforms Core i5-4258U on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i3-12100F is 3157 days newer than Core i5-4258U.

Advantages of Core i5-4258U

  • Consumes up to 52% less energy than Intel Core i3-12100F - 28 vs 58 Watts
  • Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i3-12100F doesn't have integrated graphics

Advantages of Core i3-12100F

  • Performs up to 17% better in Borderlands 3 than Core i5-4258U - 238 vs 204 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-4258U - 8 vs 4 threads
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Borderlands 3

Borderlands 3

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Badass

Intel Core i5-4258U Logo
Core i5-4258U

Mobile • Jun 4th, 2013


FPS

204

86%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

Intel Core i3-12100F Logo
Core i3-12100F

Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022


FPS

238

100%

Value, £/FPS

£0.29/FPS

100%

Price, £

£70

100%

FPS and Value Winner

Intel® Core™ i3-12100F Desktop Processor 12M Cache, up to 4.30 GHz

Buy for £70 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 7426 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Badass

Intel Core i5-4258U Logo
Core i5-4258U

Mobile • Jun 4th, 2013

Intel Core i3-12100F Logo
Core i3-12100F

Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i5-4258U Logo
Core i5-4258U

Mobile • Jun 4th, 2013


Single-Core

847

38%

Multi-Core

1693

23%

Intel Core i3-12100F Logo
Core i3-12100F

Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022


Single-Core

2225

100%

Multi-Core

7457

100%

Intel Core i5-4258U Logo

Core i5-4258U

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Intel Core i3-12100F Logo

Core i3-12100F

Jun 4th, 2013
Jan 25th, 2022
Core i5Core i3
HaswellAlder Lake
Intel BGA 1168Intel Socket 1700
Mobile
Desktop
2
4
4
8
2.4 GHz
3.3 GHz
2.9 GHz
4.3 GHz
28 W
58 W
22 nm
10 nm
24.0x
33.0x
Intel HD 5100
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PCs Using Core i5-4258U or Core i3-12100F

With selected game settings

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