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IntelBX8071512400F
  

2 Cores, 8 Threads.
Release date ≈ Q2 2017.

6 Cores, 12 Threads @2.5GHz, Alder Lake.
Release date: Q1 2022.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 54,056 user samples
4 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 64% Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 1.8 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 26% Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 1.8 GHz (avg)
Poor: 26% Great: 64%
SPEED RANK: 826th / 1467
Gaming
Gaming 50%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 57%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 37%
Jet ski
54,052 User Benchmarks
Great bench: 106% Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Poor bench: 87% Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.2 GHz (avg)
Poor: 87% Great: 106%
SPEED RANK: 103rd / 1467
Gaming
Gaming 98%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 101%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 92%
Nuclear submarine
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed
49.7 % 98.1 % Hugely faster effective speed.
+97%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency
60.4 Pts 80.6 Pts Much lower memory latency.
+33%
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed
90 Pts 173 Pts Hugely faster single-core speed.
+92%
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed
145 Pts 330 Pts Hugely faster dual-core speed.
+128%
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed
221 Pts 620 Pts Hugely faster quad-core speed.
+181%
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed
254 Pts 989 Pts Hugely faster octa-core speed.
+289%
Memory
OC Memory Latency
78.2 Pts 90.9 Pts Lower OC memory latency.
+16%
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed
107 Pts 183 Pts Much faster OC single-core speed.
+71%
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed
215 Pts 353 Pts Much faster OC dual-core speed.
+64%
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed
408 Pts 672 Pts Much faster OC quad-core speed.
+65%
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed
525 Pts 1070 Pts Hugely faster OC octa-core speed.
+104%
Market Share
Based on 68,895,931 CPUs tested
User Rating
UBM User Rating
50 % 96 % Hugely more popular.
+92%
Age
Newest
89+ Months 33 Months Much more recent.
+63%
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed
508 Pts 1232 Pts Hugely faster OC 64-core speed.
+143%
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed
253 Pts 1191 Pts Hugely faster 64-core speed.
+371%

Intel’s Alder Lake i5-12400F offers six hyper-threaded performance cores at an MSRP of just $180 USD. This represents excellent value for consumers and, in particular, gamers. It has a boost frequency of 4.4 GHz, 18 MB of L3 cache and a TDP of 65W. The F-version of the CPU does not have integrated graphics, however this will be of little concern to gamers with discrete GPUs. Whilst Intel’s overclockable i5-12600K has four additional efficiency cores and offers around 12% more performance than the 12400F, it also costs around 50% more. The 12400F offers great value, but to achieve optimal performance the requisite B660 motherboard (which supports 3200+ RAM) is, at least for now, difficult to find at reasonable ($150 USD) prices. AMD’s top value hex-core Ryzen 5 5600X offers similar performance for 50% more money. Despite Intel’s price / performance lead, AMD’s prolific marketers (forums, youtube, reddit etc.) have historically outsold Intel whilst carrying a similar handicap. [Jan '22 CPUPro]

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