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Intel logo Core i3-12100F
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General information Core i3-12100F Core i5-6600
Launched Q1 2022 Q3 2015
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1700 LGA1151
Series Name Intel Core i3 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Alder Lake Skylake-S
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 3.3 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.3 GHz 0 % 3.9 GHz 9.3 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 8 0 % 4 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 58 W 10.8 % 65 W 0 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 64 GB 50 %
Lithography 10 nm 28.6 % 14 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 48 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 4 × 1.25 MB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 12 MB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i3-12100F Core i5-6600
Overall Score 54994 0 % 44469 19.1 %
Future Proof 86 % 0 % 49 % 43 %
Benchmark Score 9147 0 % 3911 57.2 %
Single Thread Score 3468 0 % 2269.3 34.6 %
Encrypting Data 8195 MB/s 0 % 1785.4 MB/s 78.2 %
Compressing Data 157.9 MB/s 0 % 80.3 MB/s 49.1 %
String objects sorting 15943.8 thousand/s 0 % 10102.8 thousand/s 36.6 %
Prime numbers generation 62.4 millions/s 0 % 29.2 millions/s 53.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 41254 millions/s 0 % 15809.4 millions/s 61.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 32435.3 millions/s 0 % 13414.4 millions/s 58.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i3-12100F, Core i5-6600.

Average frames per second Core i3-12100F Core i5-6600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 118.0 FPS 86.8 FPS
High settings 188.9 FPS 138.9 FPS
Medium settings 236.1 FPS 173.6 FPS
Low settings 295.1 FPS 217.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 26.5 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Core i3-12100F Core i5-6600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 147.4 FPS 128.9 FPS
High settings 235.9 FPS 206.2 FPS
Medium settings 294.8 FPS 257.8 FPS
Low settings 368.5 FPS 322.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 12.6 %
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