intel core i3 12100f vs intel core i5 10400

Intel Core i3 12100F
VS
Intel Core i5 10400
Intel Core i3 12100F
Intel Core i5 10400

We compared two CPUs Intel Core i3 12100F (Desktop) 4-cores against Intel Core i5 10400 (Desktop) 6-cores. In this comparison page, we check which of these two processor has better performance in benchmark results, Games, architecture, price and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved

Key Differences

What are the key differences between Intel Core i3 12100F and Intel Core i5 10400
Advantages of Intel Core i3 12100F
  • Newer released 2 years later
  • Consumes up to 11% less energy than the Intel Core i5 10400 – 58 vs 65 Watt
  • Around 35.2 GB/s (46%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 14
Advantages of Intel Core i5 10400
  • Has 2 more physical cores

Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
core i3 12100f +30%
1632
core i5 10400
1139
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
core i3 12100f +10%
8524
core i5 10400
7681
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
core i3 12100f +27%
3552
core i5 10400
2610
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
core i3 12100f +15%
14474
core i5 10400
12321
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
core i3 12100f +32%
1690
core i5 10400
1156
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)

Specifications

Full technical specification of core i3 12100f and core i5 10400

General

Intel Core i3 12100F Intel Core i5 10400
Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 1 2022 April 30 2020
Type Desktop Desktop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake-S Comet Lake
Socket FCLGA1700 FCLGA1200
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630

Performance

Intel Core i3 12100F Intel Core i5 10400
Cores 4 6
Threads 8 12
Base Frequency 3.3 GHz 2.9 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency 4.3 GHz 4.3 GHz
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1.25 MB (per core) 256K (per core)
L3 Cache 12 MB (shared) 12 MB (shared)

Power

Intel Core i3 12100F Intel Core i5 10400
Fabrication process Intel 7 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 58 W 65 W
Max. temperature 100°C 100°C

Memory support

Intel Core i3 12100F Intel Core i5 10400
Memory types DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200 DDR4-2666
Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 76.8 GB/s 41.6 GB/s
ECC Support No No

iGPU

Intel Core i3 12100F Intel Core i5 10400
Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 630
GPU Base Clock MHz 350 MHz
GPU Boost Clock MHz 1.1 MHz
Shading Units 192
TMUs 24
ROPs 3
TGP W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
core i3 12100f
TFLOPS
core i5 10400
0.38 TFLOPS

Misc

Intel Core i3 12100F Intel Core i5 10400
Official site Intel Core i3 12100F official page Intel Core i5 10400 official page
PCI Express Version 3
PCI Express Lanes 20 16

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Intel Core i5 10400 or Intel Core i3 12100F?