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$153
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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $199
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MSRP in USD: $199
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MSRP in USD: $122
Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-12400 outperforms the cheaper Core i3-9100T on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-12400 is 1221 days newer than the cheaper Core i3-9100T.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-12400
- Performs up to 167% better in Cities: Skylines II than Core i3-9100T - 56 vs 21 FPS
- Up to 42% better value when playing Cities: Skylines II than Core i3-9100T - $2.73 vs $4.71 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i3-9100T - 12 vs 4 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i3-9100T
- Up to 35% cheaper than Core i5-12400 - $99.0 vs $153.0
- Consumes up to 46% less energy than Intel Core i5-12400 - 35 vs 65 Watts
Cities: Skylines II
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i5-12400
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
FPS
56
100%
Value, $/FPS
$2.73/FPS
100%
Price, $
$153
64%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel Core i5-12400 Desktop Processor 18M Cache, up to 4.40 GHz
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Core i3-9100T
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2018
FPS
21
37.5%
Value, $/FPS
$4.71/FPS
57.961783439490446%
Price, $
$99
100%
Intel Core I3 9100T I3-9100T 3.6GHz Quad-cores Four-Threaded 6M 65W LGA 1151 CPU Processor
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In Stock
Updated 348739 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i5-12400
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Core i3-9100T
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i3-9100T
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2018
Single-Core
1203
55.208811381367596%
Multi-Core
3178
35.92178139482311%
Intel Core i5-12400 | vs | Intel Core i3-9100T |
|---|---|---|
Jan 4th, 2022 | Release Date | Sep 1st, 2018 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i3 |
| Alder Lake | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| Intel Socket 1700 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
6 | Cores | 4 |
12 | Threads | 4 |
| 2.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.1 GHz |
4.4 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.7 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 35 W |
10 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 25.0x | Multiplier | 31.0x |
| UHD Graphics 730 | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 630 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i5-12400 or Core i3-9100T
Cities: Skylines II, 1920 x 1080, High
1 FPS
$1099/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-12400
16 GB, 512 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$1,099
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1 FPS
$769.99/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-12400
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$769.99
In Stock
1 FPS
$1799/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-12400
64 GB, 4 TB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$1,799
In Stock
1 FPS
$839/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-12400
16 GB, 256 GB SSD
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$839
In Stock
1 FPS
$859.99/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-12400
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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$859.99
In Stock
1 FPS
$1097.59/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-12400
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$1,097.59
In Stock
1 FPS
$1439/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-12400
64 GB, 2 TB SSD
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$1,439
In Stock
1 FPS
$1339/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-12400
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$1,339
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