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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i3-12100F outperforms the more expensive Core i9-10980XE on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i3-12100F is 829 days newer than the more expensive Core i9-10980XE.
Advantages of Core i9-10980XE
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i3-12100F - 36 vs 8 threads
Advantages of Core i3-12100F
- Performs up to 10% better in Dying Light 2: Stay Human than Core i9-10980XE - 147 vs 134 FPS
- Up to 94% cheaper than Core i9-10980XE - £70.00 vs £1203.42
- Up to 95% better value when playing Dying Light 2: Stay Human than Core i9-10980XE - £0.48 vs £8.98 per FPS
- Consumes up to 65% less energy than Intel Core i9-10980XE - 58 vs 165 Watts
Dying Light 2: Stay Human
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High Quality Raytracing
Intel Core i9-10980XE 2066 Cascade BX, BX8069510980XE
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Core i3-12100F
Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022
FPS
147
100%
Value, £/FPS
£0.48/FPS
100%
Price, £
£70
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
High Quality Raytracing
Core i9-10980XE
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2019
Core i3-12100F
Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i9-10980XE | vs | Core i3-12100F |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 19th, 2019 | Release Date | Jan 25th, 2022 |
| Core i9 Extreme | Collection | Core i3 |
| Cascade Lake | Codename | Alder Lake |
| Intel Socket 2066 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
18 | Cores | 4 |
36 | Threads | 8 |
| 3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.3 GHz |
4.6 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.3 GHz |
| 165 W | TDP | 58 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
| 30.0x | Multiplier | 33.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
PCs Using Core i9-10980XE or Core i3-12100F
With selected game settings
1 FPS
£1193.78/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650
Core i3-12100F
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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7 FPS
£133.57/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i3-12100F
8 GB, N/A Storage
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45 FPS
£28.22/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Core i3-12100F
8 GB, N/A Storage
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