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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $97
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MSRP in USD: $97
Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i3-12100F outperforms the more expensive Core i5-8600K on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i3-12100F is 1573 days newer than the more expensive Core i5-8600K.
Advantages of Intel Core i3-12100F
- Performs up to 11% better in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor than Core i5-8600K - 146 vs 131 FPS
- Up to 70% cheaper than Core i5-8600K - £76.92 vs £252.99
- Up to 73% better value when playing Star Wars Jedi: Survivor than Core i5-8600K - £0.53 vs £1.93 per FPS
- Consumes up to 39% less energy than Intel Core i5-8600K - 58 vs 95 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8600K - 8 vs 6 threads
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Epic
Intel Core i5-8600K Retail - (1151/Hex Core/3.60GHz/9MB/Coffee Lake/95W/Graphics)
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Core i3-12100F
Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022
FPS
146
100%
Value, £/FPS
£0.53/FPS
100%
Price, £
£76.92
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i3-12100F Desktop Processor 12M Cache, up to 4.30 GHz
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Epic
Core i5-8600K
Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017
Core i3-12100F
Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-8600K | vs | Intel Core i3-12100F |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 5th, 2017 | Release Date | Jan 25th, 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 |
3.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.3 GHz |
| 4.3 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.3 GHz |
| 95 W | TDP | 58 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
36.0x | Multiplier | 33.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i5-8600K or Core i3-12100F
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, 1920 x 1080, Epic
75 FPS
£16.93/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Core i3-12100F
8 GB, N/A Storage
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49 FPS
£19.08/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i3-12100F
8 GB, N/A Storage
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