Intel Core i5 Alder Lake i5-12400F OEM

6 cores, 12 threads

The Intel Core i5-12400F is the best 12-thread processor from the Alder Lake family in terms of gaming performance. Unlike older Core i7/i9 processors from the Alder Lake family with a hybrid core structure, this Core i5 uses only Golden Cove Performance cores with a high IPC (number of instructions per clock cycle), which leads to a significant increase in single-core performance. In total, it has 6 physical and 6 virtual cores, which normally operate at a frequency of 2.5 GHz and can automatically overclock to 4.4 GHz.

One of the fastest 6-core processors for gaming

Thanks to this approach, the i5-12400F proved to be one of the most powerful 6-core processors on the market, in many ways ahead of the popular six-core processors from the AMD Ryzen camp and the Core i5 models of previous generations. In particular, in games it turns out to be almost 15% faster than its predecessor Core i5-11400. However, unlike the 11th generation, this model can work with DDR5 memory (note: DDR4 is also supported) and a PCI-E 5.0 data bus.

Low power consumption

Plus, thanks to the transition to a new process technology, Intel engineers were able to seriously reduce the power consumption and heat dissipation of the chip, which led to two things. The limit can be increased and arranged for old-school overclocking and sweatshops. Or work in normal mode and then you won't need a motherboard with a powerful converter or an overly powerful tower cooler. Well, we remind you that models with the F index, in order to save money, are deprived of the built-in Intel UHD GPU. And there is no stock cooler either, you need to buy it separately.