Intel Core i5-12400 Alder Lake Budget desktop processor with 6 cores faster than AMD Ryzen 5 5600X in leak benchmarks

The first benchmarks of the Intel Core i5-12400 processor, which will be positioned in the low-budget desktop segment of Alder Lake, have been leaked. The performance figures come from the same leaker who released the Core i9-12900K benchmarks in Bilibili a few days ago.

Intel Core i5-12400 Alder Lake processor could become a king of the budget segment, faster than the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X in single and multi-threaded benchmarks

Based on the leaked information, we can see that this is an Alder Lake Core i5-12400 processor by looking at the naming convention in the CPU-z screenshot. The Core i5-12400 features 6 cores and 12 threads, which means it has no E-Cores (Gracemont architecture) and relies entirely on Golden Cove cores. The processor packs 18MB of L3 cache (3MB per core) and has a clock speed of 4.0GHz on all cores and 4.4GHz on a single core.

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it appears that the chip under test is a QS version close to the Alder Lake retail CPUs. It is probably tested on the same B660 motherboard that was used to test the Alder Lake Core i9-12900K processor. Regarding the platform, we know that the B660 motherboards will only have DDR4 memory, so performance will improve with the use of DDR5 memory, although recent reports indicate that memory at 5.6 Gbps and above would perform better than existing DDR4 memory kits.

Intel Core i5-12400 Alder Lake CPU AIDA64 Power / temperature stress test (Image credits: Bilibili via HXL):

Before we get into performance, it looks like the Intel Core i5 -12400, being a 65W chip, has a much better thermal enclosure design as it runs at 60 ° C when all cores are loaded while consuming 78.5W, which is much lower than the power of 250W + 100C + consumption and temperatures on the flagship i9 chip.

Benchmark Intel Core i5-12400 Alder Lake CPU-z (Image credits: Bilibili via HXL):

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Moving on to benchmarks, the Intel Core i5-12400 scored 681 points in single-core and 4,983 points in the multi-core test in CPU-z. Single-core and multi-core performance are faster than AMD’s Ryzen 5 5600X, and multi-core performance improves by 18% compared to its predecessor, the Core i5-11400. The same is seen in Cinebench R20 where the chip scores 4784 points in multi-core tests and 659 points in single-core benchmark tests.

Intel Core i5-12400 Alder Lake processor Cinebench R20 benchmark (Image credits: Bilibili via HXL):

It should be noted that the Intel Core i5-11400 is priced at US $ 182 MSRP and if the Core i5-12400 also falls into the under US $ 200 category then we have a very competitive chip opposed to the Ryzen 5. AMD 5600X. The similarly priced Intel Core i5-12600KF / Core i5-12600K will deliver on par or better than the Ryzen 7 5800X. The Core i5 and Ryzen 5 segments are crucial for both chipmakers as they cater to the mainstream market and it looks like Intel is bringing some passionate and much needed competition this time around with its Core i5-12400 and Core i5- 12600. Alder Lake processors.

Intel 12th Generation Alder Lake Desktop Specifications “Rumored”

Processor name	Number of cores P	Number of electronic cores	Total core / wire	Base P-Core / Boost (Max)	P-Core Boost (all heart)	E-Core / Boost base	E-Core Boost (all heart)	To hide	TDP (PL1)	TDP (PL2)	Expected price (MSRP)
I9-12900K kernel	8	8	16/24	3.2 / 5.3 GHz	5.0 GHz (all cores)	TBD / 3.9 GHz	3.7 GHz (all cores)	30 MB	125W	228W	US $ 599
Core i9-12900	8	8	16/24	3.2 / 5.2 GHz	4.9 GHz (all cores)	To be determined	To be determined	30 MB	65W	~ 200W	US $ 509
Core i9-12900T	8	8	16/24	TBD / 4.9 GHz	To be determined	To be determined	To be determined	30 MB	35W	To be determined	To be determined
Core i7-12700K	8	4	12/20	3.6 / 5.0 GHz	4.7 GHz (all cores)	To be confirmed / 3.8 GHz	3.6 GHz (all cores)	25 MB	125W	228W	$ 429
Core i7-12700	8	4	12/20	3.6 / 4.9 GHz	4.6 GHz (all cores)	To be determined	To be determined	25 MB	65W	~ 200W	US $ 359
Core i7-12700T	8	4	12/20	To be confirmed / 4.7 GHz	To be determined	To be determined	To be determined	25 MB	35W	To be determined	To be determined
Core i5-12600K	6	4	10/16	3.7 / 4.9 GHz	4.5 GHz (all cores)	To be confirmed / 3.6 GHz	3.4 GHz (all cores)	20 MB	125W	228W	US $ 279
Core i5-12600	6	0	6/12	3.7 / 4.8 GHz	4.4 GHz (all cores)	To be determined	To be determined	18 MB	65W	~ 200W	US $ 249
Core i5-12600T	6	0	6/12	TBD / 4.6 GHz	To be determined	To be determined	To be determined	18 MB	35W	To be determined	To be determined
Core i5-12500T	6	0	6/12	TBD / 4.4 GHz	To be determined	To be determined	To be determined	18 MB	35W	To be determined	To be determined
Core i5-12400	6	0	6/12	To be determined	To be determined	To be determined	To be determined	18 MB	65W	~ 200W	US $ 203
Core i5-12400T	6	0	6/12	To be confirmed / 4.2 GHz	To be determined	To be determined	To be determined	18 MB	35W	To be determined	To be determined
Core i3-12200T	4	0	4/8	To be confirmed / 4.2 GHz	To be determined	To be determined	To be determined	12 MB	35W	To be determined	To be determined
Core i3-12100T	4	0	4/8	To be confirmed / 4.1 GHz	To be determined	To be determined	To be determined	12 MB	35W	To be determined	To be determined

News Source: HXL