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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i3-12100F outperforms the more expensive Core i5-9400F on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i3-12100F is 1113 days newer than the more expensive Core i5-9400F.
Advantages of Core i3-12100F
- Performs up to 12% better in Total War: WARHAMMER III than Core i5-9400F - 195 vs 174 FPS
- Up to 25% cheaper than Core i5-9400F - £73.99 vs £98.66
- Up to 33% better value when playing Total War: WARHAMMER III than Core i5-9400F - £0.38 vs £0.57 per FPS
- Consumes up to 11% less energy than Intel Core i5-9400F - 58 vs 65 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-9400F - 8 vs 6 threads
Total War: WARHAMMER III
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Intel Core i5-9400F 2.9GHz LGA1151 9M Cache BOX CPU
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Core i3-12100F
Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022
FPS
195
100%
Value, £/FPS
£0.38/FPS
100%
Price, £
£73.99
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i3-12100F Desktop Processor 12M Cache, up to 4.30 GHz
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My Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-9400F
Desktop • Jan 8th, 2019
Core i3-12100F
Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i5-9400F | vs | Core i3-12100F |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 8th, 2019 | Release Date | Jan 25th, 2022 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i3 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Alder Lake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
6 | Cores | 4 |
| 6 | Threads | 8 |
| 2.9 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.3 GHz |
| 4.1 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.3 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 58 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
| 29.0x | Multiplier | 33.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | No |
PCs Using Core i5-9400F or Core i3-12100F
With selected game settings
19 FPS
£62.83/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650
Core i3-12100F
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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68 FPS
£18.68/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Core i3-12100F
8 GB, N/A Storage
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32 FPS
£29.22/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i3-12100F
8 GB, N/A Storage
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