Core i3-12100 vs Core i5-12500 specs and performance
Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-12500 performs better than the Core i3-12100. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-12100 in all gaming tests too.
In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-12500 has significantly more cores than the Core i3-12100. Indeed, the Core i5-12500 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i3-12100. It also has more threads than the Core i3-12100. A Core i3-12100 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-12500 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.
Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i3-12100 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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