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Core i5-8500 vs Core i5-12400

Core i5-8500 vs Core i5-12400: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Core i5-12400 outperforms Core i5-8500 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i5-12400 is 1420 days newer than Core i5-8500.

Advantages of Intel Core i5-12400

  • Performs up to 6% better in Mass Effect: Andromeda than Core i5-8500 - 230 vs 216 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8500 - 12 vs 6 threads
This is a free version of Mass Effect: Andromeda.
Mass Effect: Andromeda

Mass Effect: Andromeda

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i5-8500 Logo
Core i5-8500

Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018


FPS

216

93.91304347826087%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

£107.14

100%

Intel® Core™ i5-8500 Desktop Processor 6 Core up to 4.1GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W

Buy for £107.14 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 74013 minutes ago

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022


FPS

230

100%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

FPS Winner

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i5-8500 Logo
Core i5-8500

Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i5-8500 Logo
Core i5-8500

Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018


Single-Core

1387

63.653051858650755%

Multi-Core

4844

54.75302362382729%

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022


Single-Core

2179

100%

Multi-Core

8847

100%

Intel Core i5-8500 Logo

Intel Core i5-8500

vs
Intel Core i5-12400 Logo

Intel Core i5-12400

Feb 14th, 2018Release Date
Jan 4th, 2022
Core i5CollectionCore i5
Coffee LakeCodenameAlder Lake
Intel Socket 1151SocketIntel Socket 1700
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
6Cores6
6Threads
12
3.0 GHz
Base Clock Speed2.5 GHz
4.1 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
4.4 GHz
65 WTDP65 W
14 nmProcess Size
10 nm
30.0x
Multiplier25.0x
UHD Graphics 630Integrated GraphicsUHD Graphics 730
NoOverclockableNo

Builds Using Core i5-8500 or Core i5-12400

Mass Effect: Andromeda, 1920 x 1080, Ultra

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