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Best Bench: 99% Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 90% Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)

Poor: 90% Great: 99%

SPEED RANK: 116^th / 1441

Gaming 94%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 100%

UFO

Workstation 80%

Battleship

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Best Bench: 91% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 68% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)

Poor: 68% Great: 91%

SPEED RANK: 213^th / 1441

Gaming 82%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 84%

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Workstation 68%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		94.1 %	Faster effective speed. +15%		81.7 %


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	83.8 Pts	Lower memory latency. +13%	74.3 Pts
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	172 Pts	Much faster single-core speed. +33%	129 Pts
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	323 Pts	Faster dual-core speed. +27%	255 Pts
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	565 Pts	Faster quad-core speed. +15%	490 Pts
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	788 Pts	Faster octa-core speed. +24%	637 Pts


Memory OC Memory Latency	91 Pts	Slightly lower OC memory latency. +9%	83.8 Pts
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	178 Pts	Faster OC single-core speed. +30%	137 Pts
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	344 Pts	Faster OC dual-core speed. +26%	274 Pts
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	647 Pts	Faster OC quad-core speed. +19%	542 Pts
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	823 Pts	Slightly faster OC octa-core speed. +8%	761 Pts

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.41 %	Hugely higher market share. +412%	0.08 %
Value Value For Money	127 %	Much better value. +34%	95.1 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	98 %	Much more popular. +66%	59 %
Price Price (score)	$93	Much cheaper. +42%	$160


Age Newest	27 Months	Much more recent. +50%	54 Months
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	58 Watts	More energy efficient. +11%	65 Watts
Cores CPU Processing Cores	4 cores		6 cores	Much higher core count. +50%
Threads CPU Processing Threads	8 threads	Much higher thread count. +33%	6 threads
Lithography Manufacturing process	10 nm		7 nm	Much newer manufacturing. +30%
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.3 GHz		3.6 GHz	Slightly faster base frequency. +9%
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	4.3 GHz	+5%	4.1 GHz
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	828 Pts	Slightly faster OC 64-core speed. +8%	770 Pts
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	795 Pts	Faster 64-core speed. +22%	653 Pts


Series CPU Architecture	Alder Lake	Zen2
Socket Motherboard Socket	FCLGA1700	AM4
Graphics Integrated Graphics	None	None

Gaming is more accessible with the i3-12100F: Intel’s entry level Alder Lake desktop processor. Higher end Alder Lake processors feature a combination of performance and efficiency cores, however, the 12100F contains just four hyper-threaded Golden Cove performance cores. It has a max boost frequency of 4.3 GHz, 12 MB of L3 cache and a 58W TDP. The 12100F is keenly priced at around $130 USD and needs to be paired with a new chipset such as the B660. Only users with discrete GPUs should consider “F” models as they do not have integrated graphics. Whilst a budget PC built around the 12100F represents unbeatable value for money, the 6-core i5-12400F, with 50% stronger multi-core, is a better option for gamers with 3060+ tier GPUs. AMD do not have any CPUs competing in this price segment. Entry level gamers, who cannot find reasonably priced discrete GPUs, could consider the similarly performing Ryzen 5 5600G APU which has integrated RX Vega graphics that are around three times faster than Intel's UHD 730. ^{[Jan '22 CPUPro]}

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The upcoming hex-core, third generation Ryzen 5 3500X, shares the same Zen 2 7nm microarchitecture as the incumbent 6-core, 12-thread Ryzen 5 3600. The 3500X has a base clock of 3.6 GHz and a boost clock just short of the 3600’s 4.2 GHz, at 4.1 GHz. It also has 35 MB of cache and a TDP of 65W. Given the architecture and clock speeds, the 3500X will offer very similar gaming performance to the SMT enabled 12-thread 3600, but at a significant discount in price. Early UserBenchmarks show that there is just a 1% gap in effective speed between the 3500X and 3600. Also anticipated for release is the non-X, Ryzen 5 3500, which will have slightly less L3 cache. ^{[Oct '19 CPUPro]}

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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