i3-12100 vs i5-14600K - The Witcher 3 RX 5300M - Game Performance Benchmarks

RX 5300M with Intel Core i3-12100

The Witcher 3

RX 5300M with Intel Core i5-14600K

i3-12100 i5-14600K

Multi-Thread Performance

12603 Pts

21168 Pts

Single-Thread Performance

3340 Pts

4308 Pts

The Witcher 3

i3-12100 vs i5-14600K in The Witcher 3 using RX 5300M - 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	38.1 FPS
1080p	43.2 FPS
1440p	21.3 FPS
1440p	23.2 FPS
2160p	FPS
2160p	FPS
w1440p	FPS
w1440p	FPS

High Quality

Resolution	Frames Per Second
1080p	69.2 FPS
1080p	77.1 FPS
1440p	41.8 FPS
1440p	45.0 FPS
2160p	nan FPS
2160p	nan FPS
w1440p	nan FPS
w1440p	nan FPS

Medium Quality

Resolution	Frames Per Second
1080p	100.3 FPS
1080p	111.1 FPS
1440p	62.3 FPS
1440p	66.9 FPS
2160p	nan FPS
2160p	nan FPS
w1440p	nan FPS
w1440p	nan FPS

Low Quality

Resolution	Frames Per Second
1080p	162.6 FPS
1080p	178.9 FPS
1440p	103.3 FPS
1440p	110.5 FPS
2160p	nan FPS
2160p	nan FPS
w1440p	nan FPS
w1440p	nan 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