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Intel logo Core i5-12600
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Intel logo Core i5-8400

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General information Core i5-12600 Core i5-8400
Launched Q1 2022 Q4 2017
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1700 FCLGA1151-2
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Alder Lake Coffee Lake
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 2.8 GHz 15.2 %
Turbo Clock 4.8 GHz 0 % 4 GHz 16.7 %
Cores 6 0 % 6 0 %
Threads 12 0 % 6 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 0 % 65 W 0 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 128 GB 0 %
Lithography 10 nm 28.6 % 14 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 48 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 1.25 MB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 18 MB
1 × 9 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 770 Intel UHD Graphics 630
Performance Core i5-12600 Core i5-8400
Overall Score 60908 0 % 49426 18.9 %
Future Proof 86 % 0 % 62 % 27.9 %
Benchmark Score 13762 0 % 5968 56.6 %
Single Thread Score 3799.9 0 % 2397.3 36.9 %
Encrypting Data 12738.1 MB/s 0 % 2785.2 MB/s 78.1 %
Compressing Data 248.4 MB/s 0 % 127.3 MB/s 48.8 %
String objects sorting 24808.4 thousand/s 0 % 16273.1 thousand/s 34.4 %
Prime numbers generation 83.9 millions/s 0 % 36.8 millions/s 56.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 66531 millions/s 0 % 25686 millions/s 61.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 50927.5 millions/s 0 % 21874.8 millions/s 57 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-12600, Core i5-8400.

Average frames per second Core i5-12600 Core i5-8400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.7 FPS 101.5 FPS
High settings 217.0 FPS 162.5 FPS
Medium settings 271.3 FPS 203.1 FPS
Low settings 339.1 FPS 253.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 25.1 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Core i5-12600 Core i5-8400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 157.9 FPS 137.6 FPS
High settings 252.6 FPS 220.2 FPS
Medium settings 315.7 FPS 275.3 FPS
Low settings 394.7 FPS 344.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 12.8 %
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