With the development of technology, Intel's twelfth generation processor is officially listed for a period of time, for many DIY computer players, the new architecture plus a new process is very tempting, but the performance of the former i5 10400F is also very good, but seeing the price is a bit tangled.
From the price above:
At present, the i5 10400F skew on the market is about 800 yuan, while the i3 12100F price is about 900 yuan, and the gap between 100 yuan is not large, so is the performance gap large?
From the parameters above:
The i5 10400F is a 6-core, 12-thread, 14nm process, the default frequency is 2.9Ghz, can be turbo to 4.3Ghz, and the power consumption is 65W.
The i3 12100F is a 4-core, 8-thread, 7nm process with a default frequency of 3.3Ghz, which can be turbo to 4.3Ghz and consumes 58W of power.
It seems that the i5 10400F has a higher comprehensive strength, especially with 2 more cores and 4 threads.
However, from the perspective of single-core performance, i3 12100F is higher, and there are new architectures and processes, but these differences from the performance point of view, for single-core high requirements of the game, must perform better.
The evaluation conclusion made by the online god is that a single core can hang R9-5950X, multi-core anti-super 10 generation i5, game performance is slightly lower than i9 9900K, as an entry-level product, it seems that the performance is a bit strong.
From the cost above:
At present, i5 10400F pursuit of cost performance can consider equipped with H410m motherboard, budget sufficient pursuit of beauty can be used on the B560M first-line brand motherboard, the general price is about 1100 to 1400 yuan.
i3 12100F currently pursues cost performance with H610 motherboard, the price is about 1200 yuan is the most entry-level, if you match B660M price can directly rise to about 1400 yuan, the new U also supports DDR5 memory, but from the cost point of view, the price is now high, very uneconomical.
Sum up:
Haonan personally believes that if you are not interested in performance, enough is enough, the current more worthwhile processor is still i5 10400F, comprehensive performance and price are better.
If you believe in buying new and not buying old, and pursuing higher performance, then the i3 12100F is a better choice, although the price is small and expensive, but it can fight the future.
However, in this era of CPU performance saturation, buy a chip that you can use enough, Intel 12th generation i3 is currently at a high price, like friends can wait and start again, maybe there will be a more fragrant price in the next year.