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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 i5-8400 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-12400F is 1552 days newer than the more expensive Core i5-8400.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-12400F
- Performs up to 6% better in Crysis 3 Remastered than Core i5-8400 - 191 vs 181 FPS
- Up to 28% cheaper than Core i5-8400 - £113.97 vs £158.88
- Up to 32% better value when playing Crysis 3 Remastered than Core i5-8400 - £0.6 vs £0.88 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8400 - 12 vs 6 threads
Crysis 3 Remastered
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Intel Core i5-8400 Retail - (1151/Hex Core/2.80GHz/9MB/Coffee Lake/65W/Graphics)
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Core i5-12400F
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
FPS
191
100%
Value, £/FPS
£0.6/FPS
100%
Price, £
£113.97
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
Very High
Core i5-8400
Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017
Core i5-12400F
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-8400 | vs | Intel Core i5-12400F |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 5th, 2017 | Release Date | Jan 4th, 2022 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Alder Lake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 6 |
| 6 | Threads | 12 |
2.8 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.5 GHz |
| 4.0 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 i5-8400 or Core i5-12400F
Crysis 3 Remastered, 1920 x 1080, Very High
75 FPS
£8.67/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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£650.4
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75 FPS
£9.33/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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£699.99
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87 FPS
£8.39/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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95 FPS
£9.16/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, N/A Storage
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£869.95
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87 FPS
£8.37/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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£728.4
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97 FPS
£7.37/FPS
Radeon RX 7600
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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£715.2
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95 FPS
£8.1/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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£769.2
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87 FPS
£9.2/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-12400F
12 GB, N/A Storage
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£799.99
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95 FPS
£10.89/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,034.99
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126 FPS
£10.63/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,339.99
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