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Xeon E5540 vs Core i3-12100F

Xeon E5540 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.

Buy for $76.8 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 245 minutes ago

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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 245 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — Core i3-12100F outperforms Xeon E5540 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i3-12100F is 4684 days newer than Xeon E5540.

Advantages of Core i3-12100F

  • Performs up to 11% better in ARK: Survival Evolved than Xeon E5540 - 129 vs 116 FPS
  • Consumes up to 28% less energy than Intel Xeon E5540 - 58 vs 80 Watts
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ARK: Survival Evolved

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Epic

Intel Xeon E5540 Logo
Xeon E5540

Server/Workstation • Mar 30th, 2009


FPS

116

90%

Value, $/FPS

Price, $

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

Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022


FPS

129

100%

Value, $/FPS

$0.6/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 245 minutes ago

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With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Epic

Intel Xeon E5540 Logo
Xeon E5540

Server/Workstation • Mar 30th, 2009

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

Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Xeon E5540 Logo
Xeon E5540

Server/Workstation • Mar 30th, 2009


Single-Core

371

17%

Multi-Core

1553

21%

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

Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022


Single-Core

2225

100%

Multi-Core

7457

100%

Intel Xeon E5540 Logo

Xeon E5540

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Intel Core i3-12100F Logo

Core i3-12100F

Mar 30th, 2009Release Date
Jan 25th, 2022
XeonCollectionCore i3
Nehalem-EPCodenameAlder Lake
Intel Socket 1366SocketIntel Socket 1700
Server
Segment
Desktop
4Cores4
8Threads8
2.5 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.3 GHz
2.8 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
4.3 GHz
80 WTDP
58 W
45 nmProcess Size
10 nm
19.0xMultiplier
33.0x
NoneIntegrated GraphicsNone
NoOverclockableNo

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