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MSRP $174
Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-12400F outperforms the more expensive Core i7-10700F on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-12400F is 614 days newer than the more expensive Core i7-10700F.
Advantages of Core i7-10700F
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-12400F - 16 vs 12 threads
Advantages of Core i5-12400F
- Performs up to 5% better in DOOM Eternal than Core i7-10700F - 522 vs 497 FPS
- Up to 47% cheaper than Core i7-10700F - $110.61 vs $207.95
- Up to 50% better value when playing DOOM Eternal than Core i7-10700F - $0.21 vs $0.42 per FPS
DOOM Eternal
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Nightmare
Intel® Core™ i7-10700F Desktop Processor 8 Cores up to 4.8 GHz Without Processor Graphics LGA1200 (Intel® 400 Series chipset) 65W
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Core i5-12400F
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
FPS
522
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.21/FPS
100%
Price, $
$110.61
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel Core i5-12400F Alder Lake CPU LGA 1700 2.5 GHz 6-Core 65W 18MB Cache Desktop Processor
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My Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Nightmare
Core i7-10700F
Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020
Core i5-12400F
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i7-10700F | vs | Core i5-12400F |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 30th, 2020 | Release Date | Jan 4th, 2022 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Comet Lake | Codename | Alder Lake |
| Intel Socket 1200 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 | Cores | 6 |
16 | Threads | 12 |
2.9 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.5 GHz |
4.8 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.4 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
29.0x | Multiplier | 25.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | No |
PCs Using Core i7-10700F or Core i5-12400F
With selected game settings
218 FPS
$3.94/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Core i5-12400F
32 GB, N/A Storage
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218 FPS
$3.9/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Core i5-12400F
8 GB, 1 TB SSD
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218 FPS
$4.82/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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165 FPS
$5.15/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-12400F
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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165 FPS
$4.85/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, N/A Storage
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218 FPS
$3.85/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Core i5-12400F
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218 FPS
$3.67/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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195 FPS
$5.05/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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141 FPS
$7.94/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
Core i7-10700F
16 GB, 240 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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253 FPS
$4.87/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, N/A Storage
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