Intel Core i3-12100F vs Intel Core i5-12600T

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i3 4 core CPU vs Intel 6 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

5246 points

0.44% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8443 points

5% slightly better gaming score

8031 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4270 points

4444 points

4% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4098 points

4298 points

4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7384 points

0.53% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

7345 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2218 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

2043 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% 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

57% significantly higher clock speed

2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz

4.6 GHz

6% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

58 W

35 W

65% significantly lower TDP

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

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

320 KiB

480 KiB

49% significantly more L1 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB

18 MiB

49% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

323rd of 1,089

319th 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

Yes

Core i3-12100F vs Core i5-12600T comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-12600T beats the Core i3-12100F in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i3-12100F has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-12600T has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i3-12100F has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-12100F. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-12100F has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12600T.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i3-12100F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.