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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-13600K outperforms the more expensive Core i5-12400 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-13600K is 266 days newer than the more expensive Core i5-12400.
Advantages of Core i5-12400
- Consumes up to 48% less energy than Intel Core i5-13600K - 65 vs 125 Watts
Advantages of Core i5-13600K
- Performs up to 2% better in Battlefield 1 than Core i5-12400 - 259 vs 253 FPS
- Up to 91% cheaper than Core i5-12400 - £234.98 vs £2511.32
- Up to 91% better value when playing Battlefield 1 than Core i5-12400 - £0.91 vs £9.93 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-12400 - 20 vs 12 threads
Battlefield 1
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
QNAP TVS-h674 6-Bay Core i5-12400 32GB NAS Enclosure black
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Core i5-13600K
Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022
FPS
259
100%
Value, £/FPS
£0.91/FPS
100%
Price, £
£234.98
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel Core i5-13600K Desktop Processor 14 cores (6 P-cores + 8 E-cores) 24M Cache, up to 5.1 GHz
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My Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-12400
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Core i5-13600K
Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i5-12400 | vs | Core i5-13600K |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 4th, 2022 | Release Date | Sep 27th, 2022 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Alder Lake | Codename | Raptor Lake |
| Intel Socket 1700 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 14 |
| 12 | Threads | 20 |
| 2.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.5 GHz |
| 4.4 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.1 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 125 W |
| 10 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
| 25.0x | Multiplier | 35.0x |
| UHD Graphics 730 | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 770 |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
Laptops Using Core i5-12400 or Core i5-13600K
With selected game settings
148 FPS
£10.74/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile
Core i5-12400
16 GB, 1 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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