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£259.95
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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $64
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Key Differences
In short — Core i5-12600 outperforms the cheaper Pentium Gold G5400 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Pentium Gold G5400 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i5-12600 is 1394 days newer than the cheaper Pentium Gold G5400.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-12600
- Performs up to 257% better in League of Legends than Pentium Gold G5400 - 296 vs 83 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium Gold G5400 - 12 vs 4 threads
Advantages of Intel Pentium Gold G5400
- Up to 75% cheaper than Core i5-12600 - £64.62 vs £259.95
- Up to 11% better value when playing League of Legends than Core i5-12600 - £0.78 vs £0.88 per FPS
- Consumes up to 11% less energy than Intel Core i5-12600 - 58 vs 65 Watts
League of Legends
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Core i5-12600
Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022
FPS
296
100%
Value, £/FPS
£0.88/FPS
88.63636363636364%
Price, £
£259.95
24%
FPS Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-12600 Desktop Processor 18M Cache, up to 4.80 GHz
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In Stock
Updated 2533 minutes ago
Pentium Gold G5400
Desktop • Apr 2nd, 2018
FPS
83
28.040540540540544%
Value, £/FPS
£0.78/FPS
100%
Price, £
£64.62
100%
Value Winner
Intel Pentium Gold G5400 3.7GHz Dual Core, 4-Thread Socket 1151 Coffee Lake Processor (54W TDP, 4MB Cache, Intel UHD 610 Graphics) with Stock Intel Cooler
Buy for £64.62 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 2533 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Core i5-12600
Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022
Pentium Gold G5400
Desktop • Apr 2nd, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Pentium Gold G5400
Desktop • Apr 2nd, 2018
Single-Core
731
30.83087304934627%
Multi-Core
1504
15.471659294311285%
Intel Core i5-12600 | vs | Intel Pentium Gold G5400 |
|---|---|---|
Jan 25th, 2022 | Release Date | Apr 2nd, 2018 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Pentium Gold |
| Alder Lake | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| Intel Socket 1700 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
6 | Cores | 2 |
12 | Threads | 4 |
| 3.3 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.7 GHz |
| 4.8 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 65 W | TDP | 58 W |
10 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 33.0x | Multiplier | 37.0x |
| UHD Graphics 770 | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 610 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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