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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: 117^th / 1445

Gaming 94%

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Desktop 100%

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Workstation 80%

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Best Bench: 91% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 70% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 1.35 GHz (avg)

Poor: 70% Great: 91%

SPEED RANK: 242^nd / 1445

Gaming 80%

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Desktop 81%

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Workstation 70%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		94.1 %	Faster effective speed. +18%		79.8 %


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	83.8 Pts		87.2 Pts	+4%
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	172 Pts	Much faster single-core speed. +67%	103 Pts
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	323 Pts	Much faster dual-core speed. +58%	205 Pts
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	565 Pts	Much faster quad-core speed. +45%	391 Pts
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	788 Pts	Faster octa-core speed. +23%	642 Pts


Memory OC Memory Latency	91 Pts		94.8 Pts	+4%
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	178 Pts	Much faster OC single-core speed. +41%	126 Pts
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	344 Pts	Much faster OC dual-core speed. +39%	248 Pts
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	647 Pts	Much faster OC quad-core speed. +34%	483 Pts
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	823 Pts	Slightly faster OC octa-core speed. +6%	780 Pts

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.31 %	Hugely higher market share. +417%	0.06 %
Value Value For Money	132 %	Much better value. +40%	94.6 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	98 %	Much more popular. +69%	58 %
Price Price (score)	$80	Much cheaper. +47%	$150


Age Newest	28 Months	Much more recent. +76%	117 Months
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	58 Watts	Much more energy efficient. +59%	140 Watts
Cores CPU Processing Cores	4 cores		6 cores	Much higher core count. +50%
Threads CPU Processing Threads	8 threads		12 threads	Much higher thread count. +50%
Lithography Manufacturing process	10 nm	Much newer manufacturing. +55%	22 nm
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.3 GHz		3.5 GHz	Slightly faster base frequency. +6%
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	4.3 GHz	Faster turbo frequency. +16%	3.7 GHz
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	828 Pts		983 Pts	Faster OC 64-core speed. +19%
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	795 Pts		814 Pts	+2%


Series CPU Architecture	Alder Lake	Haswell-E
Socket Motherboard Socket	FCLGA1700	LGA2011-V3
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 Intel 5930K is Intel's new middle tier Haswell-E prosumer CPU. This model has base/turbo clocks of 3.5/3.7 GHz and sports 6 physical cores with 12 hyperthreads. The 5930K offers enormous processing throughput but like its Haswell-E siblings it lacks in single and dual-core speed. Comparing the 5930K and 4790K shows that the 4790K offers nearly 20% more single and dual core throughput and is priced nearly 40% lower than the 5930K. The 5930K does win hands down on multi-core workloads but these are not generally relevant to consumers. Finally since the Haswell-E architecture is coupled with the X99 chipset it requires far more expensive DDR4 RAM with offers little upside over DDR3. ^{[Sep '14 CPUPro]}

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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