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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 i5-8400 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 i5-8400.
Advantages of Intel Core i3-12100F
- Performs up to 10% better in Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 than Core i5-8400 - 205 vs 186 FPS
- Up to 27% cheaper than Core i5-8400 - $94.98 vs $130.73
- Up to 34% better value when playing Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 than Core i5-8400 - $0.46 vs $0.7 per FPS
- Consumes up to 11% less energy than Intel Core i5-8400 - 58 vs 65 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8400 - 8 vs 6 threads
Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Extreme
Intel Core i5-8400 Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.0 GHz LGA 1151 300 Series 65W
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Core i3-12100F
Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022
FPS
205
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.46/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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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Extreme
Core i5-8400
Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017
Core i3-12100F
Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-8400 | 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 |
| 2.8 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.3 GHz |
| 4.0 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.3 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 58 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
| 28.0x | Multiplier | 33.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i5-8400 or Core i3-12100F
Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0, 1920 x 1080, Extreme
65 FPS
$12.31/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i3-12100F
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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23 FPS
$39.59/FPS
GeForce 210
Core i3-12100F
16 GB, N/A Storage
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