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Intel Core i3-12100F vs Intel Core i5-7400

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-12100F
Rank 2 - 54 %
Intel Core i5-7400
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-12100F
Rank 2 - 42 %
Intel Core i5-7400
Cinebench R23 Single-Core

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i3-12100F
4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz
1,658 pts
Intel Core i5-7400
4C / 4T · 3.50 GHz
925 pts
Cinebench R23 Multi-Core

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i3-12100F
4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz
8,443 pts
Intel Core i5-7400
4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz
3,359 pts
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i3-12100F
4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz
2,157
Intel Core i5-7400
4C / 4T · 3.50 GHz
1,175
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i3-12100F
4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz
7,428
Intel Core i5-7400
4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz
3,346
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core i3-12100F
4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz
1,716
Intel Core i5-7400
4C / 4T · 3.50 GHz
884
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i3-12100F
4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz
6,422
Intel Core i5-7400
4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz
2,803
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i3-12100F
4C / 8T · 3.30 GHz
3,352
Intel Core i5-7400
4C / 4T · 3.00 GHz
1,444
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

Intel Core i3-12100F
4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz
242 cb
Intel Core i5-7400
4C / 4T · 3.50 GHz
149 cb
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i3-12100F
4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz
1,204 cb
Intel Core i5-7400
4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz
564 cb

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Intel Core i3-12100FIntel Core i5-7400
FamilyIntel Core i3 (205)Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU groupIntel Core i 12000 (34)Intel Core i 7000 (17)
ArchitectureAlder Lake SKaby Lake S
Technology10 nm14 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketLGA 1700LGA 1151
PredecessorIntel Core i5-6400
SuccessorIntel Core i3-13100FIntel Core i5-8400

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i3-12100FIntel Core i5-7400
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 84 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 4x Golden Cove 4x
Frequency: 3.30 GHz 3.00 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 4.30 GHz 3.50 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 4.00 GHz 3.30 GHz
L2-Cache5.00 MB
L3-Cache12.00 MB6.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i3-12100FIntel Core i5-7400
GPU nameno iGPUIntel HD Graphics 630
GPU frequency0.35 - 1.00 GHz
CUs / Shader / 24 / 192
Raytracing
Max. displays3
Max. GPU Memory64 GB
Technology14 nm
Release dateQ2/2016

NPU AI performance

Wischen
Intel Core i3-12100FIntel Core i5-7400
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i3-12100FIntel Core i5-7400
MemoryDDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s)
DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
DDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory128 GB64 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe5.0 x 203.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth78.8 GB/s15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i3-12100FIntel Core i5-7400
TDP58 W65 W
TDP (PL2)89 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Core i3-12100FIntel Core i5-7400
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, Windows 11, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release dateQ1/2022Q1/2017
Release price97 $220 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i3-12100F
Intel Core i3-12100F
4C / 8T · 3.30 - 4.30 GHz
Intel Core i5-7400
Intel Core i5-7400
4C / 4T · 3.00 - 3.50 GHz

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