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IntelBX8071512400F
AMD100-100000589WOF

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

12 Cores, 24 Threads @4.7GHz, Zen4.
Release date: Q3 2022.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 59,483 user samples
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 / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 98%
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Desktop
Desktop 101%
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Workstation
Workstation 92%
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5,431 User Benchmarks
Great bench: 125% Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 5.45 GHz (avg)
Poor bench: 97% Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 5.2 GHz (avg)
Poor: 97% Great: 125%
SPEED RANK: 47th / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 113%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 115%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 134%
UFO
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed
98.1 % 113 % Faster effective speed.
+16%
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Memory
Avg. Memory Latency
80.6 Pts +0% 80.2 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed
173 Pts 210 Pts Faster single-core speed.
+21%
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed
330 Pts 409 Pts Faster dual-core speed.
+24%
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed
620 Pts 782 Pts Faster quad-core speed.
+26%
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed
989 Pts 1,475 Pts Much faster octa-core speed.
+49%
Memory
OC Memory Latency
90.9 Pts 92.3 Pts +2%
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed
183 Pts 220 Pts Faster OC single-core speed.
+20%
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed
353 Pts 435 Pts Faster OC dual-core speed.
+23%
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed
672 Pts 856 Pts Faster OC quad-core speed.
+27%
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed
1,070 Pts 1,683 Pts Much faster OC octa-core speed.
+57%
Market Share
Based on 69,006,002 CPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
1.85 % Insanely higher market share.
+1,133%
0.15 %
Value
Value For Money
126 % Better value.
+19%
106 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating
96 % Much more popular.
+66%
58 %
Price
Price (score)
$111 Much cheaper.
+69%
$359
Age
Newest
34 Months 25 Months More recent.
+26%
TDP
Thermal Design Power (TDP)
65 Watts Much more energy efficient.
+62%
170 Watts
Cores
CPU Processing Cores
6 cores 12 cores Hugely higher core count.
+100%
Threads
CPU Processing Threads
12 threads 24 threads Hugely higher thread count.
+100%
Lithography
Manufacturing process
10 nm 5 nm Much newer manufacturing.
+50%
Base Clock
Base Clock Speed
2.5 GHz 4.7 GHz Hugely faster base frequency.
+88%
Turbo Clock
Turbo Clock Speed
4.4 GHz 5.6 GHz Faster turbo frequency.
+27%
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed
1,232 Pts 2,974 Pts Hugely faster OC 64-core speed.
+141%
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed
1,191 Pts 2,736 Pts Hugely faster 64-core speed.
+130%
Series
CPU Architecture
Alder Lake Zen4
Socket
Motherboard Socket
FCLGA1700 AM5
Graphics
Integrated Graphics
None RDNA2

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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Within minutes of the first, pre-release, 7000 series userbenchmark results, AMD’s marketers broadcast a 20% win over the 12900K via thousands of anonymous twitter, reddit, forum and youtube accounts. Buying new AMD products is like buying used cars: it takes time, experience and a taste for sales hype. It’s difficult for consumers to make rational choices while AMD completely dominates “sponsored news” and social media channels. Ten years ago, when AMD was the underdog, this type of marketing was understandable. Today, with a capitalization of $150 Billion USD, it’s disrespectful to AMD's own users. Even with Intel's marketing department asleep at the wheel, Ryzen will quickly end up in the same state as Radeon. Following a series of overhyped releases, consumers have little interest in the Radeon brand. The combined market share for all of AMD’s (discrete) Radeon RX 5000 and 6000 GPUs (Steam stats) is just 2%. Although the new 7000 series Zen4 CPUs are actually around 15% faster than their predecessors, they have hefty cooling requirements (TDP +60% vs 5000 series), 30 second BIOS post times, expensive DDR5 RAM requirements and only work with expensive motherboards. Despite the 7000 series struggling to match Intel’s outgoing 12th gen, AMD market it as a “future proof” platform! They want users to pay a premium for last gen performance in exchange for the shallow promise of upgrades in the future. Over the next few days, Intel’s 13th gen (Raptor Lake) will launch. Shoppers will do well to wait until then. Despite AMD’s Neanderthal marketing techniques, it’s hard not to admire their technical progress. AMD-Raptor4 and Intel-Zen13 would be better fitting product names. [Sep '22 CPUPro]

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