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MSRP $122
Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i3-12100 outperforms the more expensive Core i5-9600K on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i3-12100 is 1173 days newer than the more expensive Core i5-9600K.
Advantages of Core i3-12100
- Performs up to 29% better in League of Legends than Core i5-9600K - 261 vs 202 FPS
- Up to 31% cheaper than Core i5-9600K - £98.57 vs £142.21
- Up to 46% better value when playing League of Legends than Core i5-9600K - £0.38 vs £0.70 per FPS
- Consumes up to 37% less energy than Intel Core i5-9600K - 60 vs 95 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-9600K - 8 vs 6 threads
League of Legends
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Intel CORE I5-9600K 3.7 GHZ SKT1151 9MB CACHE BOXED - BX80684I59600K (Components > Processors CPU)
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Core i3-12100
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
FPS
261
100%
Value, £/FPS
£0.38/FPS
100%
Price, £
£98.57
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i3-12100 Desktop Processor 12M Cache, up to 4.30 GHz
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Updated 443 minutes ago
My Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Core i5-9600K
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
Core i3-12100
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i5-9600K | vs | Core i3-12100 |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 19th, 2018 | Release Date | Jan 4th, 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 |
3.7 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.3 GHz |
4.6 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.3 GHz |
| 95 W | TDP | 60 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
37.0x | Multiplier | 33.0x |
| UHD 630 | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 730 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
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