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General information Core i3-12100F 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) 58 W 38.9 % 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
Performance Core i3-12100F Core i5-2500
Overall Score 54985 0 % 40411 26.5 %
Future Proof 86 % 0 % 21 % 75.6 %
Benchmark Score 9141 0 % 2667 70.8 %
Single Thread Score 3431.3 0 % 1717.2 50 %
Encrypting Data 8176.8 MB/s 0 % 1034.7 MB/s 87.3 %
Compressing Data 158 MB/s 0 % 65.8 MB/s 58.4 %
String objects sorting 15667.7 thousand/s 0 % 9130.5 thousand/s 41.7 %
Prime numbers generation 61.9 millions/s 0 % 23.9 millions/s 61.4 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 41120.3 millions/s 0 % 14553.5 millions/s 64.6 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 32075.7 millions/s 0 % 7412.8 millions/s 76.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

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

Average frames per second Core i3-12100F Core i5-2500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 118.0 FPS 74.7 FPS
High settings 188.8 FPS 119.5 FPS
Medium settings 236.0 FPS 149.4 FPS
Low settings 295.0 FPS 186.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 36.7 %

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 i5-2500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 147.2 FPS 121.5 FPS
High settings 235.5 FPS 194.5 FPS
Medium settings 294.3 FPS 243.1 FPS
Low settings 367.9 FPS 303.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 17.4 %
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