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Intel Core i3-12100F vs Intel Core i7-5930K

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-12100F
Rank 2 - 58 %
Intel Core i7-5930K
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-12100F
Rank 2 - 86 %
Intel Core i7-5930K
Cinebench 2024 Single-Core

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i3-12100F
4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz
86 pts
Intel Core i7-5930K
6C / 12T · 3.70 GHz
54 pts
Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i3-12100F
4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz
401 pts
Intel Core i7-5930K
6C / 12T · 3.70 GHz
378 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 i7-5930K
6C / 12T · 3.70 GHz
1,132
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i3-12100F
4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz
7,428
Intel Core i7-5930K
6C / 12T · 3.60 GHz
6,032
Cinebench R20 Single-Core

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i3-12100F
4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz
642 cb
Intel Core i7-5930K
6C / 12T · 3.70 GHz
409 cb
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 i7-5930K
6C / 12T · 3.70 GHz
984
Cinebench R20 Multi-Core

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i3-12100F
4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz
3,204 cb
Intel Core i7-5930K
6C / 12T · 3.60 GHz
3,052 cb
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 i7-5930K
6C / 12T · 3.60 GHz
5,788
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 i7-5930K
6C / 12T · 3.50 GHz
3,043
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

Intel Core i3-12100F
4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz
242 cb
Intel Core i7-5930K
6C / 12T · 3.70 GHz
142 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 i7-5930K
6C / 12T · 3.60 GHz
1,149 cb

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Intel Core i3-12100FIntel Core i7-5930K
FamilyIntel Core i3 (205)Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition (24)
CPU groupIntel Core i 12000 (34)Intel Core i 5000X (3)
ArchitectureAlder Lake SHaswell E
Technology10 nm22 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketLGA 1700LGA 2011-3
PredecessorIntel Core i7-4930K
SuccessorIntel Core i3-13100F

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i3-12100FIntel Core i7-5930K
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 86 / 12
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 4x Golden Cove 6x
Frequency: 3.30 GHz 3.50 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 4.30 GHz 3.70 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 4.00 GHz 3.60 GHz
L2-Cache5.00 MB
L3-Cache12.00 MB15.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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GPU nameno iGPUno iGPU
GPU frequency
CUs / Shader / /
Raytracing
Max. displays
Max. GPU Memory
Technology
Release date

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i3-12100FIntel Core i7-5930K
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i3-12100FIntel Core i7-5930K
MemoryDDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s)
DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
DDR4-2133 (68.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory128 GB64 GB
Memory channels24
ECCNoNo
PCIe5.0 x 203.0 x 40
PCIe Bandwidth78.8 GB/s39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i3-12100FIntel Core i7-5930K
TDP58 W140 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 i7-5930K
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 dateQ1/2022Q3/2014
Release price97 $499 $
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 i7-5930K
Intel Core i7-5930K
6C / 12T · 3.50 - 3.70 GHz

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