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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i3-12100F outperforms the more expensive Core i5-9400F on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i3-12100F is 1113 days newer than the more expensive Core i5-9400F.
Advantages of Core i3-12100F
- Performs up to 5% better in Forza Horizon 5 than Core i5-9400F - 180 vs 171 FPS
- Up to 21% cheaper than Core i5-9400F - $76.80 vs $97.55
- Up to 25% better value when playing Forza Horizon 5 than Core i5-9400F - $0.43 vs $0.57 per FPS
- Consumes up to 11% less energy than Intel Core i5-9400F - 58 vs 65 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-9400F - 8 vs 6 threads
Forza Horizon 5
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Max
Intel® Core™ i5-9400F Desktop Processor 6 Cores 4.1 GHz Turbo Without Graphics
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Core i3-12100F
Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022
FPS
180
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.43/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.
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My Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Max
Core i5-9400F
Desktop • Jan 8th, 2019
Core i3-12100F
Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i5-9400F | vs | Core i3-12100F |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 8th, 2019 | 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 |
| 2.9 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.3 GHz |
| 4.1 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.3 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 58 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
| 29.0x | Multiplier | 33.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | No |
PCs Using Core i5-9400F or Core i3-12100F
With selected game settings
9 FPS
$112.78/FPS
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Core i5-9400F
8 GB, 240 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$33.33/FPS
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Core i3-12100F
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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$109.89/FPS
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Core i5-9400F
8 GB, 120 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$798/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650
Core i5-9400F
8 GB, 256 GB SSD
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