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Core i7-5930K vs Core i3-12100F

Core i7-5930K vs Core i3-12100F: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Core i3-12100F outperforms Core i7-5930K on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i3-12100F is 2703 days newer than Core i7-5930K.

Advantages of Core i7-5930K

  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i3-12100F - 12 vs 8 threads

Advantages of Core i3-12100F

  • Performs up to 13% better in FINAL FANTASY XIV: Endwalker than Core i7-5930K - 274 vs 242 FPS
  • Consumes up to 59% less energy than Intel Core i7-5930K - 58 vs 140 Watts
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FINAL FANTASY XIV: Endwalker

FINAL FANTASY XIV: Endwalker

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Maximum

Intel Core i7-5930K Logo
Core i7-5930K

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2014


FPS

242

88%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

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

Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022


FPS

274

100%

Value, £/FPS

£0.27/FPS

100%

Price, £

£73.99

100%

FPS and Value Winner

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

Buy for £73.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 281 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Maximum

Intel Core i7-5930K Logo
Core i7-5930K

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2014

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

Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i7-5930K Logo
Core i7-5930K

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2014


Single-Core

1156

52%

Multi-Core

5480

73%

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

Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022


Single-Core

2225

100%

Multi-Core

7457

100%

Intel Core i7-5930K Logo

Core i7-5930K

vs
Intel Core i3-12100F Logo

Core i3-12100F

Sep 1st, 2014
Jan 25th, 2022
Core i7Core i3
Haswell EAlder Lake
Intel Socket 2011-3Intel Socket 1700
Desktop
Desktop
6
4
12
8
3.5 GHz
3.3 GHz
3.7 GHz
4.3 GHz
140 W
58 W
22 nm
10 nm
35.0x
33.0x
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PCs Using Core i7-5930K or Core i3-12100F

With selected game settings

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