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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $324
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MSRP in USD: $324
Key Differences
In short — Core i7-12700F outperforms the cheaper Core i5-8400 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Core i5-8400 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i7-12700F is 1552 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-8400.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8400
- Up to 33% cheaper than Core i7-12700F - £158.88 vs £235.96
- Up to 27% better value when playing Baldur's Gate 3 than Core i7-12700F - £1.37 vs £1.87 per FPS
Advantages of Intel Core i7-12700F
- Performs up to 9% better in Baldur's Gate 3 than Core i5-8400 - 126 vs 116 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8400 - 20 vs 6 threads
Baldur's Gate 3
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-8400
Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017
FPS
116
92%
Value, £/FPS
£1.37/FPS
100%
Price, £
£158.88
100%
Value Winner
Intel Core i5-8400 Retail - (1151/Hex Core/2.80GHz/9MB/Coffee Lake/65W/Graphics)
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Core i7-12700F
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
FPS
126
100%
Value, £/FPS
£1.87/FPS
73%
Price, £
£235.96
67%
FPS Winner
Intel® Core™ i7-12700F Desktop Processor 25M Cache, up to 4.90 GHz
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-8400
Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017
Core i7-12700F
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-8400 | vs | Intel Core i7-12700F |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 5th, 2017 | Release Date | Jan 4th, 2022 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i7 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Alder Lake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 12 |
| 6 | Threads | 20 |
2.8 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.1 GHz |
| 4.0 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.9 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
28.0x | Multiplier | 21.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i5-8400 or Core i7-12700F
Baldur's Gate 3, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
105 FPS
£16.67/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
Core i7-12700F
12 GB, N/A Storage
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69 FPS
£16.59/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Core i7-12700F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,144.95
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92 FPS
£15.76/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Core i7-12700F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,449.99
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69 FPS
£16.3/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Core i7-12700F
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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£1,124.99
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69 FPS
£14.77/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Core i7-12700F
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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£1,019
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