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£114.92
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Key Differences
In short — Core i5-12400F outperforms the cheaper Pentium Gold G7400 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Pentium Gold G7400 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i5-12400F and the cheaper Pentium Gold G7400 have been released at the same time.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-12400F
- Performs up to 1% better in Apex Legends than Pentium Gold G7400 - 292 vs 288 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium Gold G7400 - 12 vs 4 threads
Advantages of Intel Pentium Gold G7400
- Up to 22% cheaper than Core i5-12400F - £89.99 vs £114.92
- Up to 21% better value when playing Apex Legends than Core i5-12400F - £0.31 vs £0.39 per FPS
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i5-12400F doesn't have integrated graphics
Apex Legends
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i5-12400F
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
FPS
292
100%
Value, £/FPS
£0.39/FPS
79%
Price, £
£114.92
78%
FPS Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-12400F Desktop Processor 18M Cache, up to 4.40 GHz
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Pentium Gold G7400
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
FPS
288
98%
Value, £/FPS
£0.31/FPS
100%
Price, £
£89.99
100%
Value Winner
Intel® Pentium® Gold G7400 Desktop Processor 6M Cache, up to 3.7 GHz
Buy for £89.99 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 149 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i5-12400F
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Pentium Gold G7400
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-12400F | vs | Intel Pentium Gold G7400 |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 4th, 2022 | Release Date | Jan 4th, 2022 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Pentium Gold |
| Alder Lake | Codename | Alder Lake |
| Intel Socket 1700 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
6 | Cores | 2 |
12 | Threads | 4 |
| 2.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.7 GHz |
| 4.4 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 65 W | TDP | Not Available |
| 10 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
| 25.0x | Multiplier | 37.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 710 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i5-12400F or Pentium Gold G7400
Apex Legends, 1920 x 1080, High
145 FPS
£5.03/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 240 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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£729.99
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188 FPS
£5.05/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£949.98
In Stock
118 FPS
£5.33/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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£628.8
In Stock
118 FPS
£8.47/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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£999
In Stock
166 FPS
£4.29/FPS
Radeon RX 7600
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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£712.8
In Stock
163 FPS
£4.43/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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£722.4
In Stock
145 FPS
£4.87/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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£706.8
In Stock
163 FPS
£5.09/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, N/A Storage
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£829.95
In Stock
145 FPS
£5.52/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-12400F
12 GB, N/A Storage
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£799.99
In Stock
163 FPS
£6.35/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,034.99
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