Intel Core i5-11400F vs Intel Core i3-12100F. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 11000 Intel Core i 12000
• Family
  Intel Core i5 Intel Core i3
• Generation
  11 12
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i5-10400F -
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  - 4x Golden Cove
• Base Frequency
  2.6 GHz 3.3 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  6 4
• CPU Threads
  12 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.4 GHz 4.3 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  4.2 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  - 4 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  None None

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  No No
• VC-1
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i3-12100F and Intel Core i5-11400F. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 128 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-3200 DDR4-3200DDR5-4800
• PCIe lanes
  20 -
• PCIe version
  4.0 -
• PCIe
  - 5.0 x 20

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-11400F and Intel Core i3-12100F Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  100 °C 100 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  65 W 58 W
• TDP (PL2)
  - 89 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-11400F and Intel Core i3-12100F, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Rocket Lake S Alder Lake S
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
• L2-Cache
  3 MB 5 MB
• L3-Cache
  12 MB 12 MB
• Release date
  Q1/2021 Q1/2022
• Socket
  LGA 1200 LGA 1700
• Technology
  14 nm 10 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d