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Intel Core i5-6500 vs Intel Core i3-12100F

Last updated: 2026-06-06

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 57 %

Intel Core i5-6500

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i3-12100F

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 44 %

Intel Core i5-6500

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i3-12100F

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

56 pts

4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz

86 pts

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

222 pts

4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz

401 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

923 pts

4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz

1,658 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

3,097 pts

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

8,443 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

1,186

4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz

2,157

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

3,305

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

7,428

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

354 cb

4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz

642 cb

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

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

902

4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz

1,716

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

1,299 cb

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

3,204 cb

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

4C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

2,956

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

6,422

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

4C / 4T · 3.20 GHz

1,453

4C / 8T · 3.30 GHz

3,352

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

153 cb

4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz

242 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

565 cb

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

1,204 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

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 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

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-6500	Intel Core i3-12100F
Family	Intel Core i5 (336)	Intel Core i3 (205)
CPU group	Intel Core i 6000 (24)	Intel Core i 12000 (34)
Architecture	Skylake S	Alder Lake S
Technology	14 nm	10 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1151	LGA 1700
Predecessor
Successor	Intel Core i5-7500	Intel Core i3-13100F

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i5-6500	Intel Core i3-12100F
CPU Cores / Threads	4 / 4	4 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	4x	4x Golden Cove
Frequency:	3.20 GHz	3.30 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	3.60 GHz	4.30 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	3.40 GHz	4.00 GHz
L2-Cache		5.00 MB
L3-Cache	6.00 MB	12.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i5-6500	Intel Core i3-12100F
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 530	no iGPU
GPU frequency	0.35 - 1.05 GHz
CUs / Shader	24 / 192	/
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3
Max. GPU Memory	32 GB
Technology	14 nm
Release date	Q3/2015

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-6500	Intel Core i3-12100F
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i5-6500	Intel Core i3-12100F
Memory	DDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s)	DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory	64 GB	128 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	3.0 x 16	5.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s	78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i5-6500	Intel Core i3-12100F
TDP	65 W	58 W
TDP (PL2)		89 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.		100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i5-6500	Intel Core i3-12100F
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
Release date	Q3/2015	Q1/2022
Release price	250 $	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 i5-6500 is 4.0 stars (106 ratings), while Intel Core i3-12100F has received 4.2 stars (103 ratings).

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Intel Core i5-6500
4C / 4T · 3.20 - 3.60 GHz

★★★★★

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

★★★★★