Intel Core i3-10100F vs Intel Core i5-12400F

Core i3-10100F vs Core i5-12400F specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-12400F beats the Core i3-10100F in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-10100F in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-12400F has significantly more cores than the Core i3-10100F. Indeed, the Core i5-12400F has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i3-10100F. It also has more threads than the Core i3-10100F. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-10100F has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12400F. Despite this, the Core i5-12400F has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i3-10100F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.