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Core i5-8500 vs Core i3-12100

Core i5-8500 vs Core i3-12100: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Core i3-12100 outperforms Core i5-8500 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i3-12100 is 1420 days newer than Core i5-8500.

Advantages of Intel Core i3-12100

  • Performs up to 10% better in Far Cry 5 than Core i5-8500 - 230 vs 209 FPS
  • Consumes up to 8% less energy than Intel Core i5-8500 - 60 vs 65 Watts
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8500 - 8 vs 6 threads
This is a free version of Far Cry 5.
Far Cry 5

Far Cry 5

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i5-8500 Logo
Core i5-8500

Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018


FPS

209

90.8695652173913%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

£107.14

100%

Intel® Core™ i5-8500 Desktop Processor 6 Core up to 4.1GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W

Buy for £107.14 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 74034 minutes ago

Intel Core i3-12100 Logo
Core i3-12100

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022


FPS

230

100%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

FPS Winner

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i5-8500 Logo
Core i5-8500

Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018

Intel Core i3-12100 Logo
Core i3-12100

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i5-8500 Logo
Core i5-8500

Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018


Single-Core

1387

64.54164727780363%

Multi-Core

4844

70.43769085356986%

Intel Core i3-12100 Logo
Core i3-12100

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022


Single-Core

2149

100%

Multi-Core

6877

100%

Intel Core i5-8500 Logo

Intel Core i5-8500

vs
Intel Core i3-12100 Logo

Intel Core i3-12100

Feb 14th, 2018Release Date
Jan 4th, 2022
Core i5CollectionCore i3
Coffee LakeCodenameAlder Lake
Intel Socket 1151SocketIntel Socket 1700
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
6
Cores4
6Threads
8
3.0 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.3 GHz
4.1 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
4.3 GHz
65 WTDP
60 W
14 nmProcess Size
10 nm
30.0xMultiplier
33.0x
UHD Graphics 630Integrated GraphicsUHD Graphics 730
NoOverclockableNo

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