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Intel Core i3-12100F vs Intel Core i5-11400

Last updated: 2026-07-04

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i3-12100F

Rank 2 - 91 %

Intel Core i5-11400

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 82 %

Intel Core i3-12100F

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-11400

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz

86 pts

6C / 12T · 4.40 GHz

85 pts

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz

401 pts

6C / 12T · 4.40 GHz

593 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz

1,658 pts

6C / 12T · 4.40 GHz

1,402 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

8,443 pts

6C / 12T · 4.20 GHz

10,155 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz

2,157

6C / 12T · 4.40 GHz

1,978

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

7,428

6C / 12T · 4.20 GHz

7,895

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz

642 cb

6C / 12T · 4.40 GHz

529 cb

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz

1,716

6C / 12T · 4.40 GHz

1,513

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

3,204 cb

6C / 12T · 4.20 GHz

3,888 cb

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

6,422

6C / 12T · 4.20 GHz

7,270

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.30 GHz

3,352

6C / 12T · 2.60 GHz

4,249

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz

242 cb

6C / 12T · 4.40 GHz

216 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

1,204 cb

6C / 12T · 4.20 GHz

1,598 cb

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Monero Hashrate
94 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-12100F	Intel Core i5-11400
Family	Intel Core i3 (205)	Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU group	Intel Core i 12000 (34)	Intel Core i 11000 (22)
Architecture	Alder Lake S	Rocket Lake S
Technology	10 nm	14 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1700	LGA 1200
Predecessor		Intel Core i5-10400
Successor	Intel Core i3-13100F	Intel Core i5-12400

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i3-12100F	Intel Core i5-11400
CPU Cores / Threads	4 / 8	6 / 12
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	4x Golden Cove	6x
Frequency:	3.30 GHz	2.60 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.30 GHz	4.40 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	4.00 GHz	4.20 GHz
L2-Cache	5.00 MB	3.00 MB
L3-Cache	12.00 MB	12.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i3-12100F	Intel Core i5-11400
GPU name	no iGPU	Intel UHD Graphics 730
GPU frequency		0.35 - 1.30 GHz
CUs / Shader	/	24 / 192
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays		3
Max. GPU Memory		64 GB
Technology		14 nm
Release date		Q1/2021

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-12100F	Intel Core i5-11400
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i3-12100F	Intel Core i5-11400
Memory	DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)	DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory	128 GB	128 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	5.0 x 20	4.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth	78.8 GB/s	39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i3-12100F	Intel Core i5-11400
TDP	58 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)	89 W	154 W @ 56 s
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i3-12100F	Intel Core i5-11400
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
Release date	Q1/2022	Q1/2021
Release price	97 $	182 $
Documents	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

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Intel Core i3-12100F
4C / 8T · 3.30 - 4.30 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i5-11400
6C / 12T · 2.60 - 4.40 GHz

★★★★★