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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $174
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MSRP in USD: $174
Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-12400F outperforms the more expensive Core i5-8400 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-12400F is 1552 days newer than the more expensive Core i5-8400.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-12400F
- Performs up to 72% better in League of Legends than Core i5-8400 - 272 vs 158 FPS
- Up to 17% cheaper than Core i5-8400 - €148.16 vs €177.5
- Up to 52% better value when playing League of Legends than Core i5-8400 - €0.54 vs €1.12 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8400 - 12 vs 6 threads
League of Legends
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Intel Core i5-8400 Prozessor (9 MB Cache, bis zu 4,00 GHz)
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Core i5-12400F
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
FPS
272
100%
Value, €/FPS
€0.54/FPS
100%
Price, €
€148.16
100%
FPS and Value Winner
CPU CORE I5-12400F S1700 Box/2.5G BX8071512400F S RL4W IN schwarz
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Core i5-8400
Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017
Core i5-12400F
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-8400 | vs | Intel Core i5-12400F |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 5th, 2017 | Release Date | Jan 4th, 2022 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Alder Lake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 6 |
| 6 | Threads | 12 |
2.8 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.5 GHz |
| 4.0 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.4 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
28.0x | Multiplier | 25.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i5-8400 or Core i5-12400F
League of Legends, 1920 x 1080, Very High
251 FPS
€3.86/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Core i5-12400F
32 GB, N/A Storage
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251 FPS
€4.5/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, N/A Storage
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251 FPS
€3.82/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Core i5-12400F
32 GB, N/A Storage
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€959
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249 FPS
€3.38/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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€842.73
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247 FPS
€3.39/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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€836.11
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252 FPS
€4.36/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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€1,098.35
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247 FPS
€2.81/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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€694.84
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246 FPS
€3.6/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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€885
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251 FPS
€3.98/FPS
Radeon RX 7600 XT
Core i5-12400F
32 GB, N/A Storage
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€999
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249 FPS
€3.85/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, N/A Storage
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€959
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