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Core i5-8259U vs Core i5-12400

Core i5-8259U vs Core i5-12400: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

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FPS Winner

Intel Core i5-12400

2.5 GHz | 6-core

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Aufrüst-Kit Intel Core i5-12400, Gigabyte B760M, be Quiet! Dark Rock 4 Kühler, ohne Arbeitsspeicher, komplett fertig montiert und getestet

Buy for 349 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 136 minutes ago

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FPS Winner

Intel Core i5-12400

2.5 GHz | 6-core

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Aufrüst-Kit Intel Core i5-12400, Gigabyte B760M, be Quiet! Dark Rock 4 Kühler, ohne Arbeitsspeicher, komplett fertig montiert und getestet

Buy for 349 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 136 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — Core i5-12400 outperforms Core i5-8259U on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i5-12400 is 1370 days newer than Core i5-8259U.

Advantages of Intel Core i5-12400

  • Performs up to 13% better in Resident Evil 4 than Core i5-8259U - 195 vs 173 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8259U - 12 vs 8 threads
This is a free version of Resident Evil 4.
Resident Evil 4

Resident Evil 4

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Max

Intel Core i5-8259U Logo
Core i5-8259U

Mobile • Apr 5th, 2018


FPS

173

89%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022


FPS

195

100%

Value, €/FPS

€1.79/FPS

100%

Price, €

€349

100%

FPS and Value Winner

Aufrüst-Kit Intel Core i5-12400, Gigabyte B760M, be Quiet! Dark Rock 4 Kühler, ohne Arbeitsspeicher, komplett fertig montiert und getestet

Buy for 349 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 136 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Max

Intel Core i5-8259U Logo
Core i5-8259U

Mobile • Apr 5th, 2018

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i5-8259U Logo
Core i5-8259U

Mobile • Apr 5th, 2018


Single-Core

1229

56%

Multi-Core

4064

46%

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022


Single-Core

2179

100%

Multi-Core

8847

100%

Intel Core i5-8259U

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Intel Core i5-12400

Apr 5th, 2018Release Date
Jan 4th, 2022
Core i5CollectionCore i5
Coffee LakeCodenameAlder Lake
Intel BGA 1356SocketIntel Socket 1700
Mobile
Segment
Desktop
4Cores
6
8Threads
12
2.3 GHzBase Clock Speed
2.5 GHz
Non-TurboTurbo Clock Speed4.4 GHz
Not AvailableTDP65 W
14 nmProcess Size
10 nm
23.0xMultiplier
25.0x
Iris Pro PlusIntegrated GraphicsUHD Graphics 730
NoOverclockableNo

PC Builds Using Core i5-8259U or Core i5-12400

Resident Evil 4, 1920 x 1080, Max

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