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Intel Core i3-12100F vs Intel Core i5-8259U

Last updated: 2026-07-03

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 - 61 %

Intel Core i5-8259U

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i3-12100F

Rank 2 - 60 %

Intel Core i5-8259U

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz

86 pts

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

58 pts

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz

401 pts

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

255 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz

1,658 pts

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

1,079 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

8,443 pts

4C / 8T · 3.20 GHz

4,986 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz

2,157

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

1,167

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

7,428

4C / 8T · 3.20 GHz

4,316

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz

642 cb

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

377 cb

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

4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz

1,716

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

973

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

3,204 cb

4C / 8T · 3.20 GHz

1,684 cb

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

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

6,422

4C / 8T · 3.20 GHz

3,983

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

4C / 8T · 3.30 GHz

3,352

4C / 8T · 2.30 GHz

2,058

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz

242 cb

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

162 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

1,204 cb

4C / 8T · 3.20 GHz

774 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 (MC)
751 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-12100F	Intel Core i5-8259U
Family	Intel Core i3 (205)	Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU group	Intel Core i 12000 (34)	Intel Core i 8000U (8)
Architecture	Alder Lake S	Coffee Lake U
Technology	10 nm	14 nm
Segment	Desktop	Notebook
Socket	LGA 1700	BGA 1528
Predecessor
Successor	Intel Core i3-13100F

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i3-12100F	Intel Core i5-8259U
CPU Cores / Threads	4 / 8	4 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	4x Golden Cove	4x
Frequency:	3.30 GHz	2.30 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.30 GHz	3.80 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	4.00 GHz	3.20 GHz
L2-Cache	5.00 MB
L3-Cache	12.00 MB	6.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i3-12100F	Intel Core i5-8259U
GPU name	no iGPU	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
GPU frequency		0.30 - 1.05 GHz
CUs / Shader	/	48 / 384
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays		3
Max. GPU Memory		32 GB
Technology		14 nm
Release date		Q4/2017

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-12100F	Intel Core i5-8259U
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i3-12100F	Intel Core i5-8259U
Memory	DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)	DDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory	128 GB	32 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	5.0 x 20	3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	78.8 GB/s	15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i3-12100F	Intel Core i5-8259U
TDP	58 W	28 W
TDP (PL2)	89 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i3-12100F	Intel Core i5-8259U
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
Release date	Q1/2022	Q2/2018
Release price	97 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i3-12100F is 4.2 stars (108 ratings), while Intel Core i5-8259U has received 3.8 stars (17 ratings).

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

★★★★★

Intel Core i5-8259U
4C / 8T · 2.30 - 3.80 GHz

★★★★★