CPU Comparison

Intel Core i3 12100F

4C / 8T

3.3 - 4.3 GHz

TDP: 58W

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Intel Core i5 12500

6C / 12T

3 - 4.6 GHz

TDP: 65W

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Benchmark Scores

C23

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Intel Core i3 12100F1,618

Intel Core i5 125001,806

Difference: 11.6% (Intel faster)

C23

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i3 12100F8,417

Intel Core i5 1250012,417

Difference: 47.5% (Intel faster)

C20

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Intel Core i3 12100F642

Intel Core i5 12500688

Difference: 7.2% (Intel faster)

C20

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i3 12100F3,204

Intel Core i5 125004,960

Difference: 54.8% (Intel faster)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Intel Core i3 12100F2,168

Intel Core i5 125002,032

Difference: 6.7% (Intel faster)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i3 12100F7,195

Intel Core i5 125006,066

Difference: 18.6% (Intel faster)

Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)

Intel Core i3 12100F1,666

Intel Core i5 125001,737

Difference: 4.3% (Intel faster)

Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i3 12100F6,314

Intel Core i5 125008,674

Difference: 37.4% (Intel faster)

PassMark (Single-Core)

Intel Core i3 12100F3,477

Intel Core i5 125003,680

Difference: 5.8% (Intel faster)

PassMark (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i3 12100F14,269

Intel Core i5 1250019,747

Difference: 38.4% (Intel faster)

Specifications

Cores

Threads

3.3 GHz

Base Frequency

3 GHz

4.3 GHz

Boost Frequency

4.6 GHz

58 W

TDP

65 W

LGA-1700

Socket

LGA-1700

Alder Lake-S

Architecture

Alder Lake-S

10nm

Manufacturing

10nm

2022

Release Year

2022

12MB shared

L3 Cache

18MB shared

DDR5-4800

Memory Support

DDR5-4800

128GB

Max Memory

128GB

PCIe Version

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