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Key Differences
In short — Core i3-12100 outperforms the cheaper Pentium Gold G6400 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i3-12100 is 614 days newer than the cheaper Pentium Gold G6400.
Advantages of Intel Pentium Gold G6400
- Up to 44% cheaper than Core i3-12100 - $72.85 vs $129.63
- Consumes up to 3% less energy than Intel Core i3-12100 - 58 vs 60 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i3-12100
- Performs up to 6% better in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order than Pentium Gold G6400 - 225 vs 212 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium Gold G6400 - 8 vs 4 threads
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Epic
Intel PENTIUM Gold G6400 Processor 4.0GHZ 2NUCLEOS 4THREADS 4MB Cache Graphics UHD 610 LGA 1200 BX80701G6400
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Intel Core i3-12100 Alder Lake CPU LGA 1700 3.3 GHz Quad-Core 60W 12MB Cache Desktop Processor
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Epic
Pentium Gold G6400
Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020
Core i3-12100
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Pentium Gold G6400
Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020
Single-Core
805
37.45928338762215%
Multi-Core
1669
24.269303475352626%
Intel Pentium Gold G6400 | vs | Intel Core i3-12100 |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 30th, 2020 | Release Date | Jan 4th, 2022 |
| Pentium Gold | Collection | Core i3 |
| Comet Lake | Codename | Alder Lake |
| Intel Socket 1200 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 | Cores | 4 |
| 4 | Threads | 8 |
4.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.3 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.3 GHz |
58 W | TDP | 60 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
40.0x | Multiplier | 33.0x |
| UHD Graphics 610 | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 730 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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