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Core i5-6600T vs Core i3-12100F

Core i5-6600T vs Core i3-12100F: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Core i3-12100F outperforms Core i5-6600T on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i3-12100F is 2399 days newer than Core i5-6600T.

Advantages of Core i5-6600T

  • Consumes up to 40% less energy than Intel Core i3-12100F - 35 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 7% better in Crysis 3 Remastered than Core i5-6600T - 192 vs 180 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-6600T - 8 vs 4 threads
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Crysis 3 Remastered

Crysis 3 Remastered

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Very High

Intel Core i5-6600T Logo
Core i5-6600T

Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015


FPS

180

94%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

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

Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022


FPS

192

100%

Value, £/FPS

£0.35/FPS

100%

Price, £

£66.38

100%

FPS and Value Winner

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

Buy for £66.38 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 203 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Very High

Intel Core i5-6600T Logo
Core i5-6600T

Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015

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

Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i5-6600T Logo
Core i5-6600T

Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015


Single-Core

1181

53%

Multi-Core

3223

43%

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

Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022


Single-Core

2225

100%

Multi-Core

7457

100%

Intel Core i5-6600T Logo

Core i5-6600T

vs
Intel Core i3-12100F Logo

Core i3-12100F

Jul 2nd, 2015
Jan 25th, 2022
Core i5Core i3
SkylakeAlder Lake
Intel Socket 1151Intel Socket 1700
Desktop
Desktop
44
4
8
2.7 GHz
3.3 GHz
3.5 GHz
4.3 GHz
35 W
58 W
14 nm
10 nm
27.0x
33.0x
UHD Graphics 530
None
NoNo

PCs Using Core i5-6600T or Core i3-12100F

With selected game settings

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