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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i7-12700F outperforms the cheaper Core i5-8600 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i7-12700F is 1420 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-8600.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8600
- Up to 20% cheaper than Core i7-12700F - £189.16 vs £235.0
Advantages of Intel Core i7-12700F
- Performs up to 28% better in Far Cry 3 than Core i5-8600 - 184 vs 144 FPS
- Up to 2% better value when playing Far Cry 3 than Core i5-8600 - £1.28 vs £1.31 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8600 - 20 vs 6 threads
Far Cry 3
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Intel® Core™ i5-8600 Desktop Processor 6 Core up to 4.3GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W
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Core i7-12700F
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
FPS
184
100%
Value, £/FPS
£1.28/FPS
100%
Price, £
£235
80%
FPS and Value 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 i5-8600
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Core i7-12700F
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-8600 | vs | Intel Core i7-12700F |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 14th, 2018 | 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 |
3.1 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.1 GHz |
| 4.3 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.9 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
31.0x | Multiplier | 21.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i5-8600 or Core i7-12700F
Far Cry 3, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
174 FPS
£10.06/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
Core i7-12700F
12 GB, N/A Storage
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140 FPS
£8.18/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Core i7-12700F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,144.95
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144 FPS
£9.29/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Core i7-12700F
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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£1,337.99
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163 FPS
£8.9/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Core i7-12700F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,449.99
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140 FPS
£8.04/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Core i7-12700F
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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£1,124.99
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140 FPS
£7.28/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Core i7-12700F
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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£1,019
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