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Intel BX8071512400F

Core i5-12400F

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

Average Bench: 98% (87th of 1445)

Based on 48,886 user benchmarks.  Devices: BFEBFBFF00090672, BFEBFBFF00090675 Model: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-12400F

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]

Poor: 92%Average: 98% Great: 105%
Gaming
Gaming 98%
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Desktop
Desktop 101%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 92%
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Excellent average bench

The Intel Core i5-12400F averaged just 1.9% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Intel Core i5-12400F near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Single Core Speed 172Pts
Avg. Dual Core Speed 330Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Core i5-12400F is just 13.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Intel Core i5-12400F performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 1,178Pts
Avg. Memory Latency 81.6Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 48,886 samples)
Rank 8798%
Min Avg Max
73.9 Memory 81.6 91.1
163 1-Core 172 182
301 2-Core 330 352
104% 194 Pts
Min Avg Max
544 4-Core 614 673
908 8-Core 974 1,029
97.6% 794 Pts
Min Avg Max
1,103 64-Core 1,178 1,220
72.9% 1,178 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
100% Outstanding
Memory 80.5
1-Core 177
2-Core 302
101% 187 Pts
4-Core 644
8-Core 928
98% 786 Pts
64-Core 1,229
76% 1,229 Pts
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
100% Outstanding
Memory 80.7
1-Core 168
2-Core 323
102% 190 Pts
4-Core 642
8-Core 973
100% 808 Pts
64-Core 1,224
76% 1,224 Pts
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
98.1% Outstanding
Memory 76.7
1-Core 174
2-Core 333
103% 195 Pts
4-Core 641
8-Core 1,029
102% 835 Pts
64-Core 1,232
76% 1,232 Pts
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
96.4% Outstanding
Memory 75.5
1-Core 167
2-Core 333
101% 192 Pts
4-Core 628
8-Core 1,018
101% 823 Pts
64-Core 1,232
76% 1,232 Pts
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
86.1% Excellent
Memory 71.2
1-Core 165
2-Core 286
93% 174 Pts
4-Core 541
8-Core 936
89% 738 Pts
64-Core 1117
69% 1117 Pts
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MSRP ≈ $180 @ launch in Jan '22
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Gaming 101%
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Desktop
Desktop 103%
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Workstation
Workstation 95%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte B660M DS3H DDR4 - $120

CPU
Core i5-12400FIntel  $133Bench 98%, 48,886 samples2,843x
GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia  $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples1,098x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples918x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples543x
SSD
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $90Bench 251%, 262,559 samples322x
SNV2S1000G 1TBKingstonBench 260%, 75,739 samples262x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $74Bench 224%, 92,081 samples227x
RAM
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples401x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples346x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $67Bench 85%, 86,372 samples196x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $626

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 Comments

CPUPro
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Official site ark.intel.com/...

12th generation Alder Lake processor...

Added 2 years ago.
USA-User
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9,846

Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

2 days ago.

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Best affordable CPU on the market—Jul '22

Comment 

Cheap and powerful. You have the ability to upgrade all the way to the 13900k if you have a good motherboard—Jan '23

DEU-User
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5,747

Excellent

14 days ago.

its perfect for your first gaming pc

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You can consider myself an AMD fanboy but even I'm impressed with the performance for money. Its very easy to keep it cool. Paired it with a CoolerMaster 212 Black (single fan config, assisted only by chassis airflow) and I dont spike much higher than 55~60°C even while stress testing it. Very much recommendable for an Intel system.—Aug '22

FRA-User
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4,581

Poor

8 days ago.

Pretty cool price-performance. You should definitely take it to combine with a 3060 (0% bottleneck on both 1080p and 1440p)

PAK-User
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3,324

Excellent

3 days ago.

It is an insane 6 core CPU and it handles all of my rendering,editing and gaming task with ease and it is better than many cpus I have tested so far

KOR-User
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3,210

Excellent

2 months ago.

i really want to find this thnks :)

AUT-User
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2,741

Good

4 months ago.

Really good price to power radius

CPUPro
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2,072

Good

2 years ago.

PAN-User
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1,118

Terrible

7 months ago.

for my is the best in all the world for always

Randomgaming128
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22

Excellent

2 months ago.

At its price range it's a screamer, but if you have more money to burn you might as well go for the 12600KF as it will age better overall, and higher clock speeds are always nice. :D

casul
Avatar level
8

Excellent

2 years ago.

Best gaming CPU in 2022. Try to get a good deal on a B660 board and you're golden.

Lateralus35
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8

Excellent

17 days ago.

Amazing value for money.

snerda
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6

Good

15 months ago.

its super chill for gaming

cielak221
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4

Excellent

2 years ago.

Outstanding Value!

ninjaiceflame
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4

Excellent

2 years ago.

Just benched 108% on this CPU with the stock cooler, incredible value!

Info  www.userbenchmark.com/...

Benchmark at 108%

haruusyren
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2

Good

4 months ago.

Cool price-to-performance. To combine with 3060.

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $250Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168Nvidia RTX 4070 $490Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
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