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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $549
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Key Differences
In short — Core i9-14900 outperforms the cheaper Core i5-12400F on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Core i5-12400F is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i9-14900 is 734 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-12400F.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-12400F
- Up to 79% cheaper than Core i9-14900 - £112.96 vs £545.0
- Up to 78% better value when playing Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order than Core i9-14900 - £0.5 vs £2.31 per FPS
Advantages of Intel Core i9-14900
- Performs up to 5% better in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order than Core i5-12400F - 236 vs 225 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-12400F - 32 vs 12 threads
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i5-12400F doesn't have integrated graphics
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Epic
Core i5-12400F
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
FPS
225
95%
Value, £/FPS
£0.5/FPS
100%
Price, £
£112.96
100%
Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-12400F Desktop Processor 18M Cache, up to 4.40 GHz
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Intel® Core™ i9-14900 Desktop Processor 24 cores (8 P-cores + 16 E-cores) up to 5.8 GHz
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Epic
Core i5-12400F
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Core i9-14900
Desktop • Jan 8th, 2024
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-12400F | vs | Intel Core i9-14900 |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 4th, 2022 | Release Date | Jan 8th, 2024 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i9 |
| Alder Lake | Codename | Raptor Lake |
| Intel Socket 1700 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 24 |
| 12 | Threads | 32 |
2.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.0 GHz |
| 4.4 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.8 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | Not Available |
| 10 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
25.0x | Multiplier | 20.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 770 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i5-12400F or Core i9-14900
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, 1920 x 1080, Epic
94 FPS
£7.77/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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82 FPS
£7.67/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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£628.8
In Stock
117 FPS
£8.12/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£949.98
In Stock
103 FPS
£7.01/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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£722.4
In Stock
105 FPS
£6.79/FPS
Radeon RX 7600
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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£712.8
In Stock
82 FPS
£10.11/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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£828.98
In Stock
94 FPS
£7.52/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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£706.8
In Stock
103 FPS
£7.77/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, N/A Storage
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£799.95
In Stock
94 FPS
£8.51/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-12400F
12 GB, N/A Storage
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£799.99
In Stock
103 FPS
£10.05/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,034.99
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