To be released Core i5-12400F Offers Ryzen 5 5600X Performance for roughly 200 USD
Intel Core i5 12400F spotted in benchmarks, could offer Ryzen 5 5600X performance at that sub 200 USD marker. i5-12400F will be based on just six cores performance cores (and threads).
That means there are no energy cores. Single-core and multi-core clock rates of the processor are 4.4 and 3.4 GHz, respectively, at power levels 2 and 1 (PL2), according to the processor's specifications. In terms of power consumption, the chip has a TDP/PL1 of 65W and power consumption (PL2) of 117 W.
Comptoir Hardware posted some results and is seems the processor is able to outperform the Ryzen 5 5600X with gaming scores on a constant basis. These tests were carried out on Windows 11 with an undisclosed amount of DDR5 RAM and an AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT graphics processor.
The i5-12400F was spotted in Canada for 249 CAD (200 USD), and if accurate that makes this a really value processor considering the 279 USD price tag of the Ryzen 5 5600X. In January, the Intel Core i5-12400F processor is expected to be unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). See below the benchmark results, courtesy of Comptoir Hardware.
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Ill stick to my 5600x.
Anything intel is still laighable.
Saying AMD has nothing to offer to games anymore is so moronic and stupid that I cant even laugh.
You are fine with 5600x but Intel has good offering now , no denying that

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My only agenda is performance. For people upgrading today, Intel is the obvious choice. Now, even if Zen3D delivers a 20% increase across the board - something I doubt it will - that would only mean it still only catches up to ADL. Four months later. In a dead-end socket, with Zen4 and Raptor Lake looming - by then - just six months away.
Of course not. It offers roughly the same performance the 3070 does. If it can be bought cheaper than a 3070 then it's still relevant. Are the Zen3 parts cheaper and offering the same performance ADL is? Oh.
I'm talking about buying these parts now, not whether they are still good performers for people who bought them a year ago. I'm very happy with my 5900X and wouldn't consider upgrading to a 12700K or a 12900K. That would be absurd. But for new system builders, especially gamers - AMD is now largely irrelevant, unless they drastically slash prices.
Erm, isn't this how it should be between blue and red for every generation they release?
At least that is how I think that is how it should be, taking the lead over each other for every gen. is good competition, we need that for them to continue pushing development.
AMD's next push should be just around the corner, hopefully they can keep it up the next time Intel bites back.
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How is that irrelevant? Nobody looking at buying a 12400F is going to spend several hundred on a DDR5 kit.
That pairing makes zero sense.
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If this is true, the 12400F may undermined the 12600 sales as well.
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Ill stick to my 5600x.
Anything intel is still laighable.
Saying AMD has nothing to offer to games anymore is so moronic and stupid that I cant even laugh.