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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 i5-11600 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-12400F is 294 days newer than the more expensive Core i5-11600.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-12400F
- Performs up to 1% better in Battlefield 2042 than Core i5-11600 - 177 vs 175 FPS
- Up to 53% cheaper than Core i5-11600 - £110.99 vs £237.41
- Up to 54% better value when playing Battlefield 2042 than Core i5-11600 - £0.63 vs £1.36 per FPS
Battlefield 2042
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Intel® Core™ i5-11600 Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.8 GHz LGA1200 (Intel® 500 Series & select 400 Series chipset) 65W
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Core i5-12400F
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
FPS
177
100%
Value, £/FPS
£0.63/FPS
100%
Price, £
£110.99
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-12400F Desktop Processor 18M Cache, up to 4.40 GHz
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-11600
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Core i5-12400F
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-11600 | vs | Intel Core i5-12400F |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 16th, 2021 | Release Date | Jan 4th, 2022 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Rocket Lake | Codename | Alder Lake |
| Intel Socket 1200 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 6 |
| 12 | Threads | 12 |
2.8 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.5 GHz |
4.8 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 i5-11600 or Core i5-12400F
Battlefield 2042, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
81 FPS
£9.01/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 240 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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£729.95
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106 FPS
£8.96/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£949.98
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66 FPS
£9.8/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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£646.8
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93 FPS
£7.86/FPS
Radeon RX 7600
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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£730.8
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81 FPS
£9.04/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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£732
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66 FPS
£10.61/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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£699.99
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91 FPS
£9.12/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, N/A Storage
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£829.95
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91 FPS
£8.16/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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£742.8
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81 FPS
£9.88/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-12400F
12 GB, N/A Storage
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£799.99
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91 FPS
£11.37/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,034.99
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