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Key Differences
In short — Core i9-12900KF outperforms the cheaper Core i3-12100F on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Core i3-12100F is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i9-12900KF is 82 days older than the cheaper Core i3-12100F.
Advantages of Core i9-12900KF
- Performs up to 5% better in Valorant than Core i3-12100F - 921 vs 877 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i3-12100F - 24 vs 8 threads
Advantages of Core i3-12100F
- Up to 70% cheaper than Core i9-12900KF - $76.80 vs $254.00
- Up to 68% better value when playing Valorant than Core i9-12900KF - $0.09 vs $0.28 per FPS
- Consumes up to 54% less energy than Intel Core i9-12900KF - 58 vs 125 Watts
Valorant
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Intel Core i9-12900KF Gaming Desktop Processor 16 (8P+8E) Cores up to 5.2 GHz Unlocked LGA1700 600 Series Chipset 125W
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Core i3-12100F
Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022
FPS
877
95%
Value, $/FPS
$0.09/FPS
100%
Price, $
$76.8
100%
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
High
Core i9-12900KF
Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021
Core i3-12100F
Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i9-12900KF | vs | Core i3-12100F |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 4th, 2021 | Release Date | Jan 25th, 2022 |
| Core i9 | Collection | Core i3 |
| Alder Lake | Codename | Alder Lake |
| Intel Socket 1700 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
16 | Cores | 4 |
24 | Threads | 8 |
| 3.2 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.3 GHz |
5.2 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.3 GHz |
| 125 W | TDP | 58 W |
| 10 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
| 32.0x | Multiplier | 33.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
PCs Using Core i9-12900KF or Core i3-12100F
With selected game settings
655 FPS
$2.6/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Core i9-12900KF
32 GB, 4 TB HDD
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16 GB, N/A Storage
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$2.01/FPS
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GeForce RTX 3090
Core i9-12900KF
32 GB, 2 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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$5.37/FPS
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