i3-12100 vs i5-14600K - Need For Speed: Payback TITAN V - Game Performance Benchmarks

TITAN V with Intel Core i3-12100

Need For Speed: Payback

TITAN V with Intel Core i5-14600K

i3-12100 i5-14600K

Multi-Thread Performance

12603 Pts

21168 Pts

Single-Thread Performance

3340 Pts

4308 Pts

Need For Speed: Payback

i3-12100 vs i5-14600K in Need For Speed: Payback using TITAN V - CPU Performance comparison at Ultra, High, Medium, and Low Quality Settings with 1080p, 1440p, Ultrawide, 4K resolutions

i3-12100 i5-14600K

Ultra Quality

Resolution	Frames Per Second
1080p	167.9 FPS
1080p	188.2 FPS
1440p	118.7 FPS
1440p	124.6 FPS
2160p	82.2 FPS
2160p	86.2 FPS
w1440p	107.5 FPS
w1440p	112.8 FPS

High Quality

Resolution	Frames Per Second
1080p	242.8 FPS
1080p	266.8 FPS
1440p	181.9 FPS
1440p	189.5 FPS
2160p	133.5 FPS
2160p	139.0 FPS
w1440p	167.4 FPS
w1440p	174.3 FPS

Medium Quality

Resolution	Frames Per Second
1080p	317.7 FPS
1080p	345.4 FPS
1440p	245.2 FPS
1440p	254.3 FPS
2160p	184.9 FPS
2160p	191.8 FPS
w1440p	227.4 FPS
w1440p	235.9 FPS

Low Quality

Resolution	Frames Per Second
1080p	467.5 FPS
1080p	502.5 FPS
1440p	371.7 FPS
1440p	384.1 FPS
2160p	287.6 FPS
2160p	297.5 FPS
w1440p	347.3 FPS
w1440p	358.9 FPS

i3-12100

The i3-12100 is more power efficient and generates less heat.

i5-14600K

The i5-14600K has higher Level 2 Cache. Data/instructions which have to be processed can be loaded from the fast L2 and the CPU does not have to wait for the very slow DDR RAM
The i5-14600K has higher Level 3 Cache. This is useful when you have substantial multiprocessing workloads, many computationally intense simultaneous processes. More likely on a server, less on a personally used computer for interactive desktop workloads.
For some games, a cpu with a higher clock speed, or in a technical name IPC (Instructions per clock), has better results than other CPU's with higher core count and lower core speed.

Compare i3-12100 vs i5-14600K specifications

i3-12100 vs i5-14600K Architecture

	i3-12100	i5-14600K
Chipsets	Z690, H670, B660, H610	Intel 600 Series, Intel 700 Series
Codename	Alder Lake-S	Raptor Lake-R
DDR4 Speed	3200 MT/s	3200 MT/s
DDR5 Speed	4800 MT/s	5600 MT/s
ECC Memory	No	Yes
Generation	Core i3 (Alder Lake-S)	Core i5 (Raptor Lake Refresh)
Memory Support	DDR4, DDR5 Dual-channel	DDR4, DDR5
PCI-Express	Gen 5, 20 Lanes (CPU only)	Gen 5, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

i3-12100 vs i5-14600K Cache

	i3-12100	i5-14600K
Cache L1	80K (per core)	80 KB (per core)
Cache L2	1.25MB (per core)	2 MB (per core)
Cache L3	12MB (shared)	24 MB (shared)

i3-12100 vs i5-14600K Cores

	i3-12100	i5-14600K

i3-12100 vs i5-14600K Performance

	i3-12100	i5-14600K
Base Clock	100 MHz	100 MHz
Frequency	3.3 GHz	3.5 GHz
Multiplier	33.0x	35.0x
Multiplier Unlocked	No	Yes
PL1	60W	181 W
PL2	89W	181 W
PL2 Tau Limit	28 seconds	Unlimited
TDP	60 W	125 W
Turbo Clock	up to 4.3 GHz	up to 5.3 GHz