All the processors shown are part of the line of processors that will not have the overclocking capability of the Intel K processor line, but that will not be a problem as such, as they are so balanced and so fast that it will not be. be necessary. They nevertheless represent the entry-level Core and the low-end with the expected i5-12400, which have the following main characteristics:
- i3-12100 -> 4 Cores and 8 threads at 4.3 GHz with 12 MB of L3 (140 dollars or 110 dollars in version F)
- i3-12300 -> 4 cores and 8 threads at 4.4 GHz with 12 MB of L3 (150 $)
- i5-12400 -> 6 cores and 12 threads at 4.4 GHz with 18 MB of L3 ($ 210 or $ 180 for the F variant)
All of these processors have Golden Cove P-Cores, and therefore lack E-Cores, that is, they are traditional homogeneous and non-heterogeneous processors like the mid and high-end of their brethren. Before getting to the heart of the matter, let’s really get down to it, because although the i5-12400 does not compete with a natural rival but with the enemy of the i5-12600K, AMD does not have a CPU in the market. to compete here, neither above nor below, so that the Intel processor would be at a disadvantage in range.
On the other hand, the i3s will be compared to the closest one can currently find on the market: Ryzen 3 5350G, so the comparison is fairer despite the fact that it is a pure APU ( in fact Intel processors are too., but marketing is like that)
In addition to this, it must be taken into account that the Ryzen 5 5600X has PBO enabled to achieve maximum performance i.e. it is not a standard stock configuration. Having clarified this, we go with the data.
Intel Core i3-12100, i3-12300 and i5-12400 in test
Synthetic performance tests chosen were CBR20, CBR23 and the 3DMark package with Time Spy, Fire Strike and CPU Score as cornerstones. What we can see here is that in the first, the i3 makes a more than considerable difference with its rival, both in Single Core and Multi Core to the point that they seem to be of a higher range. compared to this one.
Against the competition between the two, since the performance is very balanced. This is something that we also see in CBR23 in the same way, as the distances are very similar in percentage terms. In the 3DMark package the differences between the two i3s and the Ryzen 3 5350G remain, but the GAP of the 12300 and 12100 disappears since the frequency of the cores barely manages to separate them logically.
CPU-Z shows a little more the same thing since it is a pure CPU test: everything is very tight so that it is praised in these terms, especially if we choose the i3-12100F version, which could be the CPU reveal of this early 2022.
Comparison of the i5-12400 vs Ryzen 5 5600X with PBO shows that the Intel CPU is on average between a 5% and 7% faster, which may not seem like much, but there are two important things to remember:
- They do not belong to the same ranges.
- The i5 is almost a 50% cheaper and it’s faster.
These percentages are with the PBO, without it we would surely see differences close to 10%, which is even more interesting if possible.
Gaming performance
Things twist a bit here and vary from side to side. In the low end, with the two i3s, these are very solid compared to the AMD option and depending on which titles the spreads can be very wide, maybe even too much. But in the mid-range, everything changes.
Bumps come and go from one to the other, where the i5-12400 is very hard to break and doesn’t make things easier for the Ryzen 5 5600X PBO. In some titles we win and in another the rival, the problem here is AMD, since the i5 is much cheaper and does not compensate for the difference in performance that exists in the price.
Consumption and temperatures
One of lime and one of sand. While the Ryzen 3 5350G is cheaper than the two Intel i3s, there are times when this isn’t reflected in the temperatures, where the two CPUs make an interesting degree difference in favor.
Instead, the fight between the i5 and the Ryzen 5 is quite uneven, mainly because the 5600X with PBO being slower in general terms consumes a lot more and is also a lot hotter with some pretty bad numbers (86 degrees versus 58. degrees).
Conclusions of the i5-12400, i3-12300 and i3-12100
Inte not only took one step forward, you could say the jump is between 1.5 and two steps past Rocket Lake. Alder Lake, in addition to being a much faster architecture, builds on the formerly named process of 10 nm and this has been noticed.
Currently, Intel’s options are much more interesting than AMD’s in terms of performance, price and temperature, especially at the low end, while in the middle they are more competitive and especially less expensive.
The greater number of processors on the market from Intel and the performance shown mean that AMD is on the ropes and needs its update with 3D V-Cache for its processors, the problem is that while this improvement is ‘accompanied by last-level optimization of the 7nm, it is assumed that the first of these improvements will only be implemented in the Ryzen 7 and Ryzen 9, so Intel would continue to dominate with an iron fist in the ranges. that we have seen here today, which on the other hand are the best-selling ones.
We will also have to wait for the rest of the global analysis to have a complete vision of the 12400, 12300 and 12100, but what is shown here today is very promising for the blue team.
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