i5-14600K vs i3-12100 - The Last of Us Part I TITAN V - Game Performance Benchmarks

TITAN V with Intel Core i5-14600K

The Last of Us Part I

TITAN V with Intel Core i3-12100

i5-14600K i3-12100

Multi-Thread Performance

21168 Pts

12603 Pts

Single-Thread Performance

4308 Pts

3340 Pts

The Last of Us Part I

i5-14600K vs i3-12100 in The Last of Us Part I using TITAN V - CPU Performance comparison at Ultra, High, Medium, and Low Quality Settings with 1080p, 1440p, Ultrawide, 4K resolutions

i5-14600K i3-12100

Ultra Quality

Resolution	Frames Per Second
1080p	60.8 FPS
1080p	54.2 FPS
1440p	42.3 FPS
1440p	40.3 FPS
2160p	22.3 FPS
2160p	21.2 FPS
w1440p	34.5 FPS
w1440p	32.9 FPS

High Quality

Resolution	Frames Per Second
1080p	103.4 FPS
1080p	93.7 FPS
1440p	75.7 FPS
1440p	72.7 FPS
2160p	43.5 FPS
2160p	41.6 FPS
w1440p	63.5 FPS
w1440p	61.0 FPS

Medium Quality

Resolution	Frames Per Second
1080p	145.9 FPS
1080p	133.2 FPS
1440p	109.2 FPS
1440p	105.0 FPS
2160p	64.7 FPS
2160p	62.0 FPS
w1440p	92.6 FPS
w1440p	89.1 FPS

Low Quality

Resolution	Frames Per Second
1080p	231.1 FPS
1080p	212.2 FPS
1440p	176.1 FPS
1440p	169.7 FPS
2160p	107.1 FPS
2160p	102.9 FPS
w1440p	150.7 FPS
w1440p	145.2 FPS

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.

i3-12100

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

Compare i5-14600K vs i3-12100 specifications

i5-14600K vs i3-12100 Architecture

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

i5-14600K vs i3-12100 Cache

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

i5-14600K vs i3-12100 Core Config

	i5-14600K	i3-12100

i5-14600K vs i3-12100 Performance

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