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Xeon E5-2696 v3 vs Core i3-12100F

Xeon E5-2696 v3 vs Core i3-12100F: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

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FPS Winner

Core i3-12100F

3.3 GHz | 4-core

Intel Core i3-12100F Logo
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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FPS Winner

Core i3-12100F

3.3 GHz | 4-core

Intel Core i3-12100F Logo
Intel® Core™ 12th Gen i3-12100F desktop processor, featuring PCIe Gen 5.0 & 4.0 support, DDR5 and DDR4 support. Discrete graphics required.

Buy for $76.8 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 57 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — Core i3-12100F outperforms Xeon E5-2696 v3 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i3-12100F is 2696 days newer than Xeon E5-2696 v3.

Advantages of Xeon E5-2696 v3

  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i3-12100F - 36 vs 8 threads

Advantages of Core i3-12100F

  • Performs up to 10% better in Overwatch 2 than Xeon E5-2696 v3 - 379 vs 345 FPS
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Overwatch 2

Overwatch 2

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Epic

Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3 Logo
Xeon E5-2696 v3

Server/Workstation • Sep 8th, 2014


FPS

345

91%

Value, $/FPS

Price, $

Intel Core i3-12100F Logo
Core i3-12100F

Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022


FPS

379

100%

Value, $/FPS

$0.2/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.

Buy for $76.8 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 57 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Epic

Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3 Logo
Xeon E5-2696 v3

Server/Workstation • Sep 8th, 2014

Intel Core i3-12100F Logo
Core i3-12100F

Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3 Logo
Xeon E5-2696 v3

Server/Workstation • Sep 8th, 2014


Single-Core

1124

51%

Multi-Core

8218

100%

Intel Core i3-12100F Logo
Core i3-12100F

Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022


Single-Core

2225

100%

Multi-Core

7457

91%

Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3 Logo

Xeon E5-2696 v3

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Intel Core i3-12100F Logo

Core i3-12100F

Sep 8th, 2014
Jan 25th, 2022
Xeon E5Core i3
Haswell EAlder Lake
Intel Socket 2011-3Intel Socket 1700
Server
Desktop
18
4
36
8
2.3 GHz
3.3 GHz
Non-Turbo4.3 GHz
Not Available58 W
22 nm
10 nm
23.0x
33.0x
NoneNone
NoNo

PCs Using Xeon E5-2696 v3 or Core i3-12100F

With selected game settings

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