UserBenchmark: Intel Core i5-12400F vs i5-4590

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Best Bench: 105% Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 92% Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)

Poor: 92% Great: 105%

SPEED RANK: 87^th / 1442

Gaming 98%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 92%

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Best Bench: 73% Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 45% Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg)

Poor: 45% Great: 73%

SPEED RANK: 526^th / 1442

Gaming 63%

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 47%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		98 %	Much faster effective speed. +54%		63.5 %


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	81.6 Pts	Slightly lower memory latency. +6%	76.9 Pts
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	172 Pts	Hugely faster single-core speed. +90%	90.6 Pts
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	330 Pts	Hugely faster dual-core speed. +85%	178 Pts
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	614 Pts	Hugely faster quad-core speed. +114%	287 Pts
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	974 Pts	Hugely faster octa-core speed. +217%	307 Pts


Memory OC Memory Latency	91.1 Pts		91.7 Pts	+1%
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	182 Pts	Hugely faster OC single-core speed. +82%	100 Pts
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	352 Pts	Much faster OC dual-core speed. +80%	196 Pts
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	673 Pts	Hugely faster OC quad-core speed. +92%	350 Pts
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	1029 Pts	Hugely faster OC octa-core speed. +185%	361 Pts

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	1.76 %	Hugely higher market share. +340%	0.4 %
Value Value For Money	120 %	Much better value. +70%	70.7 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	98 %	Much more popular. +61%	61 %
Price Price (score)	$133	Cheaper. +29%	$188


Age Newest	28 Months	Much more recent. +76%	118 Months
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watts	More energy efficient. +23%	84 Watts
Cores CPU Processing Cores	6 cores	Much higher core count. +50%	4 cores
Threads CPU Processing Threads	12 threads	Hugely higher thread count. +200%	4 threads
Lithography Manufacturing process	10 nm	Much newer manufacturing. +55%	22 nm
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	2.5 GHz		3.3 GHz	Much faster base frequency. +32%
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	4.4 GHz	Faster turbo frequency. +19%	3.7 GHz
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	1220 Pts	Hugely faster OC 64-core speed. +238%	361 Pts
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	1178 Pts	Hugely faster 64-core speed. +281%	309 Pts


Series CPU Architecture	Alder Lake	Haswell
Socket Motherboard Socket	FCLGA1700	FCLGA1150
Graphics Integrated Graphics	None	HD 4600

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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The Intel Core i5-4590 is a slightly upgraded version of the i5-4570. The two processors are identical apart from a 100 MHz increase in base and turbo frequencies. Needless to say the two processors have almost identical effective speeds which is a little disappointing as Intel has simply re-released a near identical product. From a value for money perspective the 4590 does fare reasonably well although it probably has more multi-core horsepower than most use cases demand. For the majority of users, at stock clocks, the G3258 provides comparable performance but with a few simple BIOS adjustments the G3258 can be clocked up to 4.3 GHz where, even at half the price, it destroys the i5-4570 in single and dual core workloads. ^{[Sep '14 CPUPro]}

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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