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Core i5-12500E vs Core i3-12100F

Core i5-12500E vs Core i3-12100F: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

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FPS Winner

Core i3-12100F

3.3 GHz | 4-core

Intel Core i3-12100F Logo
Intel® Core™ 12th Gen i3-12100F desktop processor, featuring PCIe Gen 5.0 & 4.0 support, DDR5 and DDR4 support. Discrete graphics required.

Buy for $76.8 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 6 minutes ago

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FPS Winner

Core i3-12100F

3.3 GHz | 4-core

Intel Core i3-12100F Logo
Intel® Core™ 12th Gen i3-12100F desktop processor, featuring PCIe Gen 5.0 & 4.0 support, DDR5 and DDR4 support. Discrete graphics required.

Buy for $76.8 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 6 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — Core i3-12100F outperforms Core i5-12500E on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i3-12100F is 1 days older than Core i5-12500E.

Advantages of Core i5-12500E

  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i3-12100F - 12 vs 8 threads
  • Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i3-12100F doesn't have integrated graphics

Advantages of Core i3-12100F

  • Performs up to 1% better in Sons Of The Forest than Core i5-12500E - 110 vs 109 FPS
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Sons Of The Forest

Sons Of The Forest

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i5-12500E Logo
Core i5-12500E

Desktop • Jan 26th, 2022


FPS

109

99%

Value, $/FPS

Price, $

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

Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022


FPS

110

100%

Value, $/FPS

$0.7/FPS

100%

Price, $

$76.8

100%

FPS and Value Winner

Intel® Core™ 12th Gen i3-12100F desktop processor, featuring PCIe Gen 5.0 & 4.0 support, DDR5 and DDR4 support. Discrete graphics required.

Buy for $76.8 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 6 minutes ago

Trending Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i5-12500E Logo
Core i5-12500E

Desktop • Jan 26th, 2022

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

Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i5-12500E Logo
Core i5-12500E

Desktop • Jan 26th, 2022


Single-Core

2189

98%

Multi-Core

9152

100%

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

Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022


Single-Core

2225

100%

Multi-Core

7457

81%

Intel Core i5-12500E Logo

Core i5-12500E

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Intel Core i3-12100F Logo

Core i3-12100F

Release DateJan 25th, 2022
Core i5CollectionCore i3
Alder LakeCodenameAlder Lake
Intel Socket 1700SocketIntel Socket 1700
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
Cores4
Threads8
2.9 GHzBase Clock Speed
Turbo Clock Speed4.3 GHz
Not AvailableTDP58 W
10 nmProcess Size10 nm
29.0xMultiplier
Integrated GraphicsNone
NoOverclockableNo

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