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AvailabilityMSRP $199
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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-12400 outperforms the cheaper Core i5-8600 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-12400 is 1420 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-8600.
Advantages of Core i5-8600
- Up to 13% cheaper than Core i5-12400 - $113.37 vs $129.99
Advantages of Core i5-12400
- Performs up to 20% better in Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales than Core i5-8600 - 147 vs 122 FPS
- Up to 5% better value when playing Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales than Core i5-8600 - $0.88 vs $0.93 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8600 - 12 vs 6 threads
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i5-8600 doesn't have integrated graphics
Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Intel® Core™ i5-8600 Desktop Processor 6 Core up to 4.3GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W
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Core i5-12400
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
FPS
147
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.88/FPS
100%
Price, $
$129.99
87%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel Core i5-12400 Desktop Processor 18M Cache, up to 4.40 GHz
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With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Core i5-8600
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Core i5-12400
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i5-8600 | vs | Core i5-12400 |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 14th, 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 |
3.1 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.5 GHz |
| 4.3 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.4 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
31.0x | Multiplier | 25.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 730 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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