Intel’s first 12-generation Core processors are all with K, and non-K series processors are not expected to be launched until the first quarter of next year, and models below Core i5-12600 use only P-Core, and they will use different types of chips. At present, the chip area of 8P+8E used in the desktop version of Alder Lake-S is 215.25 mm², and the chip area of 6P-Core is 162.75 mm².
November 4th is the day the 12th generation of Core evaluation to lift the ban. In the first evaluation of the French website Comptoir Hardware, in addition to the Core i9-12900K, Core i7-12700K, and Core i5-12600K that were lifted that day, there is also a Core i5-12400F that has not yet been released. There is also a Core i5-12400F that has not yet been released, this is the ES version they got. Compared with the Core i5-12600K, this processor has 4 fewer E-Cores, and the L3 cache is also reduced from 20MB to 18MB.
In terms of frequency, CPU-Z recognizes that the multiplier is 8-44, which means that the maximum core frequency can reach 4.4GHz, and PL2 of non-K processors is not equal to PL1. The PL2 of the Core i5-12400F is 117W, the PL1 is 65W, and the Tau is 56 seconds. At PL2, the full-core frequency can reach 4.0GHz, and when the time is down to PL1, the frequency drops to 3.4GHz.
In the CPU-Z test, the single-thread performance of the Core i5-12400F has exceeded the previous generation flagship Core i9-11900K, but the gap with the Core i5-12600K is very large, and the multi-threading performance is close to that of the rival Ryzen 5 5600X, which is higher than the previous generation Core i5-11600K.
In the R23 test, the single-thread performance is still stronger than the Core i9-11900K, and the multi-thread performance is stronger than the Core i5-11600K and Ryzen 5 5600X. Without 4 E-Cores and power consumption restrictions, the performance and Core i5-12600K are still far behind.
The above table is the comprehensive performance of 16 productivity software. The performance of Core i5-12400F is slightly better than Core i5-11600K, and slightly behind the rival Ryzen 5 5600X.
The above table is the comprehensive performance of the 12 games. The game performance of the Core i5-12400F is actually stronger than the Core i9-10900K and Core i9-11900K, and better than the rival Ryzen 5 5600X, but it has not reached the level of Ryzen 7 5800X.
The power consumption test is to use H.264 compression as the load. The power consumption of the Core i5-12400F is 135W, which is 9W higher than the previous generation Core i5-11400F. However, compared with the Core i5-11600K with similar performance, the power consumption is indeed reduced a lot, and the power consumption performance is almost the same as that of the rival Ryzen 5 5600X. Judging from the current pricing of the Core i5-12600K, the price of the Core i5-12400F is expected to be similar to that of the Core i5-11400F when it was launched. This will put great pressure on AMD Ryzen 5 5600X, but the 12th-generation non-K series processors will be launched at least two months, and AMD still has some time to adjust the price.
