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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 i5-9500 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-12400F is 1173 days newer than the more expensive Core i5-9500.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-9500
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i5-12400F doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of Intel Core i5-12400F
- Performs up to 16% better in New World than Core i5-9500 - 135 vs 116 FPS
- Up to 25% cheaper than Core i5-9500 - £110.99 vs £148.88
- Up to 36% better value when playing New World than Core i5-9500 - £0.82 vs £1.28 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-9500 - 12 vs 6 threads
New World
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Intel Core i5-9500 Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.GHz LGA1151 300 Series 65W (BX80684I59500)
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Core i5-12400F
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
FPS
135
100%
Value, £/FPS
£0.82/FPS
100%
Price, £
£110.99
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 i5-9500
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
Core i5-12400F
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-9500 | vs | Intel Core i5-12400F |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 19th, 2018 | 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 |
3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.5 GHz |
| 4.4 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.4 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
30.0x | Multiplier | 25.0x |
UHD 630 | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i5-9500 or Core i5-12400F
New World, 1920 x 1080, Very High
68 FPS
£10.73/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 240 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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£729.95
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85 FPS
£11.18/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£949.98
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58 FPS
£11.15/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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£646.8
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76 FPS
£9.62/FPS
Radeon RX 7600
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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£730.8
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58 FPS
£17.22/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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£999
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68 FPS
£10.76/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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£732
In Stock
75 FPS
£11.07/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, N/A Storage
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£829.95
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75 FPS
£9.9/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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£742.8
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68 FPS
£11.76/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-12400F
12 GB, N/A Storage
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£799.99
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75 FPS
£13.8/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,034.99
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