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Intel logo Core i3-12100
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Intel Core i3-12100 logo Intel Core i5-2500 logo
General information Core i3-12100 Core i5-2500
Launched Q1 2022 Q4 2010
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1700 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i3 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Alder Lake Sandy Bridge
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 3.3 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.3 GHz 0 % 3.7 GHz 14 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 8 0 % 4 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 60 W 36.8 % 95 W 0 %
Lithography 10 nm 68.8 % 32 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
2 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 12 MB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 730 Intel HD Graphics 2000
Performance Core i3-12100 Core i5-2500
Overall Score 54404 0 % 40411 25.7 %
Future Proof 86 % 0 % 21 % 75.6 %
Benchmark Score 8760 0 % 2667 69.6 %
Single Thread Score 3441.3 0 % 1717.2 50.1 %
Encrypting Data 7891.3 MB/s 0 % 1034.7 MB/s 86.9 %
Compressing Data 154.3 MB/s 0 % 65.8 MB/s 57.4 %
String objects sorting 15464.6 thousand/s 0 % 9130.5 thousand/s 41 %
Prime numbers generation 55.9 millions/s 0 % 23.9 millions/s 57.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 40241.2 millions/s 0 % 14553.5 millions/s 63.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 31370 millions/s 0 % 7412.8 millions/s 76.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i3-12100, Core i5-2500.

Average frames per second Core i3-12100 Core i5-2500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 116.3 FPS 74.7 FPS
High settings 186.0 FPS 119.5 FPS
Medium settings 232.5 FPS 149.4 FPS
Low settings 290.7 FPS 186.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 35.8 %

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 i3-12100 Core i5-2500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 146.2 FPS 121.5 FPS
High settings 233.8 FPS 194.5 FPS
Medium settings 292.3 FPS 243.1 FPS
Low settings 365.4 FPS 303.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 16.8 %
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