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IntelBX80684I39100F

6 Cores, 12 Threads @2.5GHz, Alder Lake.
Release date: Q1 2022.

4 Cores, 4 Threads @3.6GHz, Coffee Lake.
Release date: Q2 2019.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 51,662 user samples
17,352 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 106% Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 91% Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Poor: 91% Great: 106%
SPEED RANK: 100th / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 98%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 101%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 92%
Nuclear submarine
34,310 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 86% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 72% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Poor: 72% Great: 86%
SPEED RANK: 256th / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 80%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 61%
Destroyer
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed
98.2 % Faster effective speed.
+23%
80.1 %
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency
80.7 Pts 88 Pts Slightly lower memory latency.
+9%
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed
173 Pts Much faster single-core speed.
+42%
122 Pts
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed
331 Pts Much faster dual-core speed.
+38%
240 Pts
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed
621 Pts Much faster quad-core speed.
+49%
416 Pts
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed
973 Pts Hugely faster octa-core speed.
+130%
423 Pts
Memory
OC Memory Latency
90.4 Pts 94.6 Pts +5%
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed
182 Pts Much faster OC single-core speed.
+44%
126 Pts
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed
353 Pts Much faster OC dual-core speed.
+41%
250 Pts
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed
673 Pts Much faster OC quad-core speed.
+41%
476 Pts
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed
1039 Pts Hugely faster OC octa-core speed.
+119%
475 Pts
Market Share
Based on 68,910,427 CPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.49 % Much higher market share.
+48%
0.33 %
Value
Value For Money
120 % Better value.
+16%
103 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating
92 % Slightly more popular.
+10%
84 %
Price
Price (score)
$136 $110 Cheaper.
+19%
Age
Newest
34 Months Much more recent.
+49%
67 Months
TDP
Thermal Design Power (TDP)
65 Watts 65 Watts
Cores
CPU Processing Cores
6 cores Much higher core count.
+50%
4 cores
Threads
CPU Processing Threads
12 threads Hugely higher thread count.
+200%
4 threads
Lithography
Manufacturing process
10 nm Newer manufacturing.
+29%
14 nm
Base Clock
Base Clock Speed
2.5 GHz 3.6 GHz Much faster base frequency.
+44%
Turbo Clock
Turbo Clock Speed
4.4 GHz +5% 4.2 GHz
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed
1221 Pts Hugely faster OC 64-core speed.
+158%
474 Pts
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed
1176 Pts Hugely faster 64-core speed.
+175%
427 Pts
Series
CPU Architecture
Alder Lake Coffee Lake
Socket
Motherboard Socket
FCLGA1700 FCLGA1151
Graphics
Integrated Graphics
UHD 730 None

I originally wanted an i5-12600 but unfortunately, it was not available so I settled for a 12400. It's really affordable and the performance is great. [Nov '22 arvinjason]

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Intel’s Core i3-9100F is a quad-core 9th generation Coffee Lake desktop processor. It features base / boost clocks of 3.6 / 4.2 GHz, 6 MB of cache, a 65W TDP and it ships with a cooler. Gamers should pair the 9100F with a Z390 motherboard and unlock higher XMP RAM speeds. This will deliver up to a 15% fps boost which is well worth it considering that many Z390 boards are available for around $100 USD (here is one of the builds from our EFps test lab). The 9100F has great single core performance coupled with a strong memory sub system. This enables it to deliver excellent all round performance, easily holding its own against far pricier CPUs for the majority of use cases. The heavily hyped 12 threaded 6 core Ryzen 3600, paired with a 2060S, barely pulls ahead in any of the top five games. [Oct '19 CPUPro]

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