Sunday, November 7th 2021
Intel Core i5-12400F Allegedly Offers Ryzen 5 5600X Performance for 200 USD
Intel has recently released their first 12th Gen Core desktop processors with the 125 W TDP K-Series and they appear to be preparing to launch the mid-range 65 W TDP chips in the coming months. The i5-12400F is set to feature 6 cores and threads consisting entirely of high-performance cores without any efficiency cores as found in the existing lineup. The processor features a peak single-core clock speed of 4.4 GHz, while multi-core speeds are 4.0 GHz and 3.4 GHz at PL2 and PL1 power limits respectively. The chip features a 65 W TDP/PL1 power rating and an apparent Maximum Turbo Power PL2 value of 117 W.
This processor has reportedly been tested by French publication Comptoir Hardware where it consistently matched or surpassed the Ryzen 5 5600X in synthetic and gaming benchmarks. These benchmarks were run on Windows 11 with DDR5 memory running at an unspecified speed and an AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT GPU. We have recently seen a listing for the processor at a Canadian retailer which lists the i5-12400F for 249 CAD (200 USD) which if true would be a sizable jump from the 157 USD price of its predecessor but still significantly under the 280 USD Ryzen 5 5600X. The Intel Core i5-12400F is expected to be officially announced sometime in January 2022 possibly at CES 2022.
Sources:
Comptoir Hardware, @momomo_us
This processor has reportedly been tested by French publication Comptoir Hardware where it consistently matched or surpassed the Ryzen 5 5600X in synthetic and gaming benchmarks. These benchmarks were run on Windows 11 with DDR5 memory running at an unspecified speed and an AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT GPU. We have recently seen a listing for the processor at a Canadian retailer which lists the i5-12400F for 249 CAD (200 USD) which if true would be a sizable jump from the 157 USD price of its predecessor but still significantly under the 280 USD Ryzen 5 5600X. The Intel Core i5-12400F is expected to be officially announced sometime in January 2022 possibly at CES 2022.
39 Comments on Intel Core i5-12400F Allegedly Offers Ryzen 5 5600X Performance for 200 USD
Cezanne is 10.86B transistors on 176mm², ~62MTr/mm²
Intel has not publicized their CPU transistor counts for a long while now. If someone can find Alder Lake transistor count we can have a good estimation.
Alder Lake die size should be 215.25 mm² (8P+8E) or 162.75 mm² (6P+8E).
Should be good supply also since only fabbing their own chips and not stuff for 1/2 the world.
Worth noting that some AMD 65W TDP CPUs are different from the norm which is generally power limit at 1.35x TDP. This is for example 142W for 105W TDP CPUs.
At the same time, my Intel CPUs have also been running at PL1 (usually equal to TDP) at stock with the short period of PL2. Again, unless motherboards do their own thing or we are talking about some stupid SKU like 12900K.
And since this one is already a lot closer to that price-point, it's going to be a lot tougher sell (they will probably drop 5600G to $200)!
And since both dies are being sourced from, Intel's limited 10nm production. , how much priority you thin these cheaper dies will get for release? I mean, Can you even find Tremont cores for sale in multiple systems a year after they were announced?
The cut Core i3 from that H die is probably 6 months out!
PCIe 3 x16 is still 99% the performance of x16 PCIe 4.0 (and it got a new lease on life now, with the cessation of all multi-GPU gaming)
Even for cut cards, there's no real difference
it's going to be another few generations before the performance of low-end GPUs exceeds the performance of x8 (5-10 years)
If Intel makes 12400 with whatever iGPU, that's my sweet spot since I know I will need an iGPU down the line, probably after the next upgrade.