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Core i7-5600U vs Core i5-12400

Core i7-5600U vs Core i5-12400: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Prices and Stock

MSRP $393

All items are out of stock

Prices and Stock

MSRP $199

Key Differences

In short — Core i5-12400 outperforms Core i7-5600U on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i5-12400 is 2501 days newer than Core i7-5600U.

Advantages of Core i7-5600U

  • Consumes up to 77% less energy than Intel Core i5-12400 - 15 vs 65 Watts

Advantages of Core i5-12400

  • Performs up to 10% better in God of War than Core i7-5600U - 185 vs 168 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-5600U - 12 vs 4 threads
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God of War

God of War

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i7-5600U Logo
Core i7-5600U

Mobile • Mar 1st, 2015


FPS

168

91%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022


FPS

185

100%

Value, £/FPS

£13.57/FPS

100%

Price, £

£2511.32

100%

FPS and Value Winner

QNAP TVS-h674 6-Bay Core i5-12400 32GB NAS Enclosure black

Buy for £2,511.32 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 309 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i7-5600U Logo
Core i7-5600U

Mobile • Mar 1st, 2015

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i7-5600U Logo
Core i7-5600U

Mobile • Mar 1st, 2015


Single-Core

911

42%

Multi-Core

1726

20%

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022


Single-Core

2179

100%

Multi-Core

8847

100%

Intel Core i7-5600U Logo

Core i7-5600U

vs
Intel Core i5-12400 Logo

Core i5-12400

Mar 1st, 2015
Jan 4th, 2022
Core i7Core i5
BroadwellAlder Lake
Intel BGA 1168Intel Socket 1700
Mobile
Desktop
2
6
4
12
2.6 GHz
2.5 GHz
3.2 GHz
4.4 GHz
15 W
65 W
14 nm
10 nm
26.0x
25.0x
Intel HD 5500UHD Graphics 730
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Builds Using Core i7-5600U or Core i5-12400

With selected game settings

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