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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i3-12100F outperforms the more expensive Core i5-11600 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i3-12100F is 315 days newer than the more expensive Core i5-11600.
Advantages of Intel Core i3-12100F
- Performs up to 5% better in League of Legends than Core i5-11600 - 271 vs 258 FPS
- Up to 32% cheaper than Core i5-11600 - $94.98 vs $140.0
- Up to 35% better value when playing League of Legends than Core i5-11600 - $0.35 vs $0.54 per FPS
- Consumes up to 11% less energy than Intel Core i5-11600 - 58 vs 65 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i5-11600
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i3-12100F - 12 vs 8 threads
League of Legends
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Core i3-12100F
Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022
FPS
271
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.35/FPS
100%
Price, $
$94.98
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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Intel® Core™ i5-11600 Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.8 GHz LGA1200 (Intel® 500 Series & Select 400 Series Chipset) 65W
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Core i3-12100F
Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022
Core i5-11600
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i3-12100F | vs | Intel Core i5-11600 |
|---|---|---|
Jan 25th, 2022 | Release Date | Mar 16th, 2021 |
| Core i3 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Alder Lake | Codename | Rocket Lake |
| Intel Socket 1700 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 6 |
| 8 | Threads | 12 |
3.3 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.8 GHz |
| 4.3 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.8 GHz |
58 W | TDP | 65 W |
10 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
33.0x | Multiplier | 28.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i3-12100F or Core i5-11600
League of Legends, 1920 x 1080, Very High
247 FPS
$3.24/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i3-12100F
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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243 FPS
$3.75/FPS
GeForce 210
Core i3-12100F
16 GB, N/A Storage
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