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Intel logo Core i5-10600K
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General information Core i5-10600K Core i3-12100
Launched Q2 2020 Q1 2022
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1200 FCLGA1700
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Comet Lake Alder Lake
Clock 4.1 GHz 0 % 3.3 GHz 19.5 %
Turbo Clock 4.8 GHz 0 % 4.3 GHz 10.4 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 8 33.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 W 0 % 60 W 52 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 128 GB 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 0 % 10 nm 28.6 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 48 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
4 × 1.25 MB
L3 Cache 1 × 12 MB
1 × 12 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630 Intel UHD Graphics 730
Performance Core i5-10600K Core i3-12100
Overall Score 55302 0 % 54522 1.4 %
Future Proof 76 % 11.6 % 86 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 9353 0 % 8836 5.5 %
Single Thread Score 2943.5 14.9 % 3457.4 0 %
Encrypting Data 4982.5 MB/s 37.1 % 7924.7 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 209.7 MB/s 0 % 153.7 MB/s 26.7 %
String objects sorting 26603.5 thousand/s 0 % 15399 thousand/s 42.1 %
Prime numbers generation 45.7 millions/s 18.3 % 55.9 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 47497.2 millions/s 0 % 39942.3 millions/s 15.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 29748.4 millions/s 4.3 % 31080.4 millions/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-10600K, Core i3-12100.

Average frames per second Core i5-10600K Core i3-12100
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 118.5 FPS 116.2 FPS
High settings 189.6 FPS 185.9 FPS
Medium settings 237.0 FPS 232.3 FPS
Low settings 296.3 FPS 290.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 2 %

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 i5-10600K Core i3-12100
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 147.7 FPS 146.4 FPS
High settings 236.4 FPS 234.2 FPS
Medium settings 295.5 FPS 292.8 FPS
Low settings 369.3 FPS 366.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.9 %
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