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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-12400 outperforms the cheaper Core i5-8500 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-12400 is 1420 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-8500.
Advantages of Core i5-8500
- Up to 12% cheaper than Core i5-12400 - £127.51 vs £145.00
Advantages of Core i5-12400
- Performs up to 22% better in Starfield than Core i5-8500 - 71 vs 58 FPS
- Up to 7% better value when playing Starfield than Core i5-8500 - £2.04 vs £2.20 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8500 - 12 vs 6 threads
Starfield
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Intel® Core™ i5-8500 Desktop Processor 6 Core up to 4.1GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W
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Core i5-12400
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
FPS
71
100%
Value, £/FPS
£2.04/FPS
100%
Price, £
£145
87%
FPS and Value Winner
CPU CORE I5-12400 S1700 Box/2.5G BX8071512400 S RL4V IN
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With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Core i5-12400
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i5-8500 | vs | Core i5-12400 |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 14th, 2018 | 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 |
3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.5 GHz |
| 4.1 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.4 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
30.0x | Multiplier | 25.0x |
| UHD Graphics 630 | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 730 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Laptops Using Core i5-8500 or Core i5-12400
With selected game settings
25 FPS
£63.56/FPS
16 GB, 1 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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