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Key Differences
In short — Core i5-12600 outperforms the cheaper Core i5-14400F on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Core i5-14400F is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i5-12600 is 728 days older than the cheaper Core i5-14400F.
Advantages of Core i5-12600
- Performs up to 0% better in Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 than Core i5-14400F - 207 vs 206 FPS
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i5-14400F doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of Core i5-14400F
- Up to 46% cheaper than Core i5-12600 - £139.95 vs £259.95
- Up to 46% better value when playing Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 than Core i5-12600 - £0.68 vs £1.26 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-12600 - 16 vs 12 threads
Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Extreme
Intel® Core™ i5-12600 Desktop Processor 18M Cache, up to 4.80 GHz
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Core i5-14400F
Desktop • Jan 8th, 2024
FPS
206
100%
Value, £/FPS
£0.68/FPS
100%
Price, £
£139.95
100%
Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-14400F Desktop Processor 10 cores (6 P-cores + 4 E-cores) up to 4.7 GHz
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Updated 283 minutes ago
My Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Extreme
Core i5-12600
Desktop • Jan 10th, 2022
Core i5-14400F
Desktop • Jan 8th, 2024
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i5-12600 | vs | Core i5-14400F |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 10th, 2022 | Release Date | Jan 8th, 2024 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Alder Lake | Codename | Raptor Lake |
| Intel Socket 1700 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 10 |
| 12 | Threads | 16 |
3.3 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.5 GHz |
4.8 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.7 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | Not Available |
| 10 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
33.0x | Multiplier | 25.0x |
UHD Graphics 770 | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | No |
PCs Using Core i5-12600 or Core i5-14400F
With selected game settings
94 FPS
£12.76/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Core i5-14400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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111 FPS
£9.64/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB
Core i5-14400F
32 GB, N/A Storage
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