[Retric]

Ryzen 5 5500 is a $159 6 core chip.

i3-12100f is a 100$ 4 core chip, which should line up with Ryzen 3 4100 at $100 or possibly Ryzen 5 4500 at $129.

[komuher]

5500 is 199$ "Price Street", MSRP is dead for a long time especially for TSMC products.

[BeefWellington]

12100f is $178 right now at Newegg (shipped by third party; Newegg has none): https://www.newegg.com/intel-core-i3-12100f-core-i3-12th-gen...

[komuher]

118 usd after VAT here in EU

[meragrin_]

I can get a 5600x for $210. There is no way the 5500 will be anywhere near close to $199.