Intel Core i5-11600KF vs Intel Core i3-12100

Core i5-11600KF vs Core i3-12100 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-11600KF beats the Core i3-12100 in overall performance. 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 i5-11600KF has significantly more cores than the Core i3-12100. Indeed, the Core i5-11600KF has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i3-12100. It also has more threads than the Core i3-12100. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-11600KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-12100. Also, the Core i5-11600KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i3-12100 outputs less heat than Core i5-11600KF thanks to a significantly 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 i5-11600KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.