Intel Core i3-12100F vs Intel Core i5-12450H

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i3 4 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i5 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5223 points

5248 points

0.48% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8443 points

7% slightly better gaming score

7843 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4270 points

4484 points

5% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4098 points

4327 points

5% slightly better heavy workload score

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3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4038 points

5258 points

30% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

106.71 points

113.50 points

6% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz

64% significantly higher clock speed

2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz

4.4 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

58 W

45 W

28% slightly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

40% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

64 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

320 KiB

640 KiB

100% significantly more L1 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB

Identical

12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

322nd of 1,089

318th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i3

12th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i3-12100F vs Core i5-12450H specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-12450H is faster than the Core i3-12100F. Despite this, the Core i3-12100F has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-12450H has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i3-12100F that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-12100F. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-12100F has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-12450H. Despite this, the Core i5-12450H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-12450H outputs less heat than Core i3-12100F thanks to a slightly lower TDP. 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 i3-12100F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.