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Much interest is focused on Intel’s new Core i5-12400 chip, which could give AMD’s Ryzen 5 5600X a run for its money. While we’ve already seen various application benchmarks, a Chinese tech YouTuber 二斤自制, has tested the Core i5-12400 with games, which is the most interesting workload for Alder Lake buyers.

Although the Core i5-12400 has not yet been formally introduced, its specifications are currently known. The processor has six Golden Cove cores, or Performance cores as Intel refers to them (P-cores). This indicates that the Core i5-12400 will have the same six-core, twelve-thread configuration as the current Core i5-11400. Even more importantly, gamers will no longer have to tinker with BIOS settings to get old and unsupported titles to run on the Core i5-12400. If you’re not sure what we’re talking about, you can read more about how old DRAM in older games doesn’t play well with Alder Lake.

Even though CPU-Z classified the YouTuber’s Core i5-12400 as an engineering sample (ES), she acknowledged that the processor is a qualification sample (QS). While this indicates that the processor is nearing completion, the retail version may differ.

In any case, the core count, 18MB of L3 cache, and 65W TDP will remain the same. Clock speeds, on the other hand, are prone to variation. The Core i5-12400 is expected to have a base frequency of 2.5 GHz and a turbo speed of 4.4 GHz. The latter is somewhat correct since the YouTuber’s CPU-Z screenshot showed the Core i5-12400 running at roughly 4.4 GHz.

Intel Core i5-12400 Gaming Benchmarks

The Core i5-12400 was pitted against the Core i9-12900K and Core i5-11400 by the reviewer (Rocket Lake). Because the Core i5-12400 is a low-cost processor, she chose DDR4 RAM. The memory was from HyperX’s Predator Black series, and she ran it at DDR4-4000 with timings of 18-18-18-38 throughout all three test systems. MSI’s Z690A-Pro motherboard housed the Alder Lake processors, whereas the MEG Z590 Ace had the Rocket Lake processors. Meanwhile, the graphical duties were handled by the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Supreme.

The performance difference between the Core i5-12400 and Core i5-11400 in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt was only 2.33 percent. The other titles, on the other hand, exhibited a larger margin. The Core i5-12400, on the other hand, produced up to 18.42 percent and 12.08 percent higher average frame rates in Grand Theft Auto V and Total War: Three Kingdoms, respectively.

The Core i5-12400 also performed admirably in Cyberpunk 2077, outperforming the Core i5-11400 by 16.67%. The Core i5-12400 performed similarly to the Core i9-12900K and Core i5-11400 in Red Dead Redemption 2. The biggest notable advantage came from PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds when the Core i5-12400 outperformed the Core i5-11400 by 24.4 percent.

The Core i5-11400 was already a strong budget gaming processor, but the Core i5-12400 outperformed it. if you do not intend to overclock or require the Efficiency cores (E-cores), the Core i5-12400 provides a good bang for your dollars. We’ll have to wait till the official launch to acquire pricing confirmation. If Canadian shop DirectDial’s prices are correct, the Core i5-12400 might launch for less than $250, with the iGPU-less Core i5-12400F joining the Alder Lake stack for $200.

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Momomo US uncovered and listed Intel’s entry-level Alder Lake-powered Pentium and Celeron CPUs aimed at the sub-$100 US pricing category. It’s been speculated that what we’re seeing is additional enhancements to Intel’s newest 12th Gen Alder Lake processor line. It was possible that it would come from the company’s refresh of Comet Lake family CPUs, but given the characteristics of both CPUs, it would be more likely to come from their 12th Gen Core CPUs.

Intel’s 10th Gen Comet Lake series was the last time we saw either the Pentium Gold or Celeron CPU variants. Intel never produced any SKUs from the Core i3 or down during the 11th Generation Rocket Lake core CPUs. During that period, Intel elected to boost the clock speed on their Comet Lake processors, but no other significant improvements were made.

The Intel Pentium Gold G7400 and Celeron G6900 are the two models displayed in the screenshot. These will most likely replace the previous generation’s Pentium Gold G6400 and Celeron G5900 CPUs. The two new CPUs are expected to have a dual-core design, with the Pentium Gold chip receiving Hyper-Threading. The part numbers for the two chips indicated to start with “BX80715,” which is the same as the numbers for the Alder Lake CPUs. The Pentium Gold G7400 costs CAD 123 (about $97 US), while the Celeron G6900 costs CAD 91 (approximately $72 US). Because these are preliminary listings, the final price may be substantially lower.

Because both Core i3 and certain Core i5 variants can’t handle Alder Lake’s hybrid microarchitecture, it’s expected that the two new CPUs will only be able to support the “Performance” cores from Golden Cove. The base frequency of the Intel Pentium Gold G7400 is 300 MHz lower than the G6400 model, and the Celeron G6900 processor from the new Alder Lake line will keep the same 3.4 GHz base clock as its predecessor. The L3 cache of the Pentium Gold model is 6 MB, while the Celeron model is 4 MB, which is significantly more than previous Comet Lake models.

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Intel’s 12^th Generation Core ‘Alder Lake’ K-series desktop processors are finally here and enthusiasts are now overclocking their CPUs (K models). Intel is yet to introduce its ‘regular’ 12th-Gen processors designed for regular desktops, however, PC makers have started to list the processors along with their preliminary specifications.

But the interesting part is that Intel is planning to release non-K 12th Gen Core CPUs without integrated graphics. According to reports, Dell, Dospara (a Japanese PC maker), and some other retailers have begun to list their systems based on Intel’s non-K Alder Lake processors or the CPUs themselves this week, as noticed by @momomo_us (1, 2).

There is a strong demand for Intel’s 12th-Gen Core processors however, the overclockable CPUs are pretty expensive as of now. And because the demand for Alder Lake is high thus the suppliers have listed cheaper non-K versions even though they aren’t currently available.

Coming to the availability of the Alder Lake, some optimistic retailers from the Netherlands expect that Intel’s Core i3-12100, Core i5-12400, Core i5-12500, and Core i9-12900 to be on shelves as early as November 26, 2021.

Other reports indicate that there are also organizations that demand low-end discrete graphics cards in their PC’s however, many large OEMs are now being reported to get CPUs with a disabled GPU from Intel.

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