Intel Core i3-12100 vs Intel Core i5-13400

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i3 4 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i5 10 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i5-13400

Price

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$ 128.59

$ 195.15 significantly less expensive

$ 323.74

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5115 points

8550 points

67% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8339 points

11151 points

33% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4166 points

7733 points

85% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4001 points

7540 points

88% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4034 points

7345 points

82% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

111.80 points

196.62 points

75% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6766 points

10023 points

48% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2147 points

2279 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

150% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz

32% slightly higher clock speed

2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz

4.6 GHz

6% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

Identical

128 GiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB

20 MiB

66% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

337th of 1,089

123rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i3

13th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February

2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Core i3-12100 vs Core i5-13400 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-13400 is faster 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 i5-13400 has significantly more cores than the Core i3-12100. Indeed, the Core i5-13400 has 10 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i3-12100. It also has more threads than the Core i3-12100. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-12100 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13400. Despite this, the Core i5-13400 has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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 i3-12100 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.