Intel Core i5-6400 vs Intel Core i3-12100F

Core i5-6400 vs Core i3-12100F comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-12100F performs better than the Core i5-6400. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-6400 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i3-12100F has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-12100F has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6400. Also, the Core i3-12100F has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i3-12100F outputs less heat than Core i5-6400 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. For instance, the Core i5-6400 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.