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Key Differences
In short — Core i9-13900KF outperforms the cheaper Core i3-12100 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Core i3-12100 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i9-13900KF is 266 days newer than the cheaper Core i3-12100.
Advantages of Core i9-13900KF
- Performs up to 9% better in Battlefield IV than Core i3-12100 - 492 vs 451 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i3-12100 - 32 vs 8 threads
Advantages of Core i3-12100
- Up to 79% cheaper than Core i9-13900KF - £98.57 vs £459.31
- Up to 76% better value when playing Battlefield IV than Core i9-13900KF - £0.22 vs £0.93 per FPS
- Consumes up to 52% less energy than Intel Core i9-13900KF - 60 vs 125 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i9-13900KF doesn't have integrated graphics
Battlefield IV
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i9-13900KF
Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022
FPS
492
100%
Value, £/FPS
£0.93/FPS
24%
Price, £
£459.31
21%
FPS Winner
Intel® Core™ i9-13900KF Desktop Processor 24 cores (8 P-cores + 16 E-cores) 36M Cache, up to 5.8 GHz
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Updated 357 minutes ago
Core i3-12100
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
FPS
451
92%
Value, £/FPS
£0.22/FPS
100%
Price, £
£98.57
100%
Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i3-12100 Desktop Processor 12M Cache, up to 4.30 GHz
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Updated 357 minutes ago
My Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i9-13900KF
Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022
Core i3-12100
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i9-13900KF | vs | Core i3-12100 |
|---|---|---|
Sep 27th, 2022 | Release Date | Jan 4th, 2022 |
| Core i9 | Collection | Core i3 |
| Raptor Lake | Codename | Alder Lake |
| Intel Socket 1700 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
24 | Cores | 4 |
32 | Threads | 8 |
| 3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.3 GHz |
5.8 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.3 GHz |
| 125 W | TDP | 60 W |
| 10 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
| 30.0x | Multiplier | 33.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 730 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
PCs Using Core i9-13900KF or Core i3-12100
With selected game settings
277 FPS
£5.95/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
Core i9-13900KF
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,649
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278 FPS
£5.57/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Core i9-13900KF
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,549
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260 FPS
£8.07/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Core i9-13900KF
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£2,099
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415 FPS
£6.34/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080
Core i9-13900KF
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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£2,632.99
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364 FPS
£5.22/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
Core i9-13900KF
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,899.95
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364 FPS
£6.26/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
Core i9-13900KF
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£2,279.95
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364 FPS
£5.88/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
Core i9-13900KF
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£2,139.95
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277 FPS
£5.23/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
Core i9-13900KF
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,449.95
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364 FPS
£5.26/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
Core i9-13900KF
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,914.95
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492 FPS
£7.36/FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
Core i9-13900KF
32 GB, N/A Storage
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£3,619.95
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