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Intel logo Core i5-12400
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General information Core i5-12400 Core i5-8600K
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 2.5 GHz 30.6 % 3.6 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.4 GHz 0 % 4.3 GHz 2.3 %
Cores 6 0 % 6 0 %
Threads 12 0 % 6 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 31.6 % 95 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 730 Intel UHD Graphics 630
Performance Core i5-12400 Core i5-8600K
Overall Score 59520 0 % 50674 14.9 %
Future Proof 86 % 0 % 62 % 27.9 %
Benchmark Score 12550 0 % 6594 47.5 %
Single Thread Score 3538.6 0 % 2610.1 26.2 %
Encrypting Data 11653 MB/s 0 % 3091.5 MB/s 73.5 %
Compressing Data 231.3 MB/s 0 % 138.9 MB/s 40 %
String objects sorting 22752.2 thousand/s 0 % 17585.8 thousand/s 22.7 %
Prime numbers generation 73.3 millions/s 0 % 42.1 millions/s 42.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 59974.3 millions/s 0 % 28061 millions/s 53.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 47459.7 millions/s 0 % 23734.4 millions/s 50 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-12400, Core i5-8600K.

Average frames per second Core i5-12400 Core i5-8600K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 131.5 FPS 105.2 FPS
High settings 210.4 FPS 168.3 FPS
Medium settings 263.0 FPS 210.4 FPS
Low settings 328.7 FPS 263.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 20 %

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 i5-12400 Core i5-8600K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 155.3 FPS 139.7 FPS
High settings 248.5 FPS 223.6 FPS
Medium settings 310.7 FPS 279.4 FPS
Low settings 388.3 FPS 349.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 10.1 %
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