Intel Core i5 Alder Lake i5-12400 BOX (BX8071512400)

Affordable 12th Gen 12-core Intel Core i5 processor from the Alder Lake family. It is manufactured on the basis of an optimized 10nm process technology and is designed for installation in Socket 1700 motherboards. It is a representative of the middle class with an optimal balance between price, performance and heat dissipation. The Core i5-12400F is manufactured using a new 10nm process technology and is designed to be installed in a Socket 1700 motherboard.

Unlike the older Core i7 / i9 processors from the Alder Lake family, which are equipped with hybrid P and E-cores, this model uses only P-kernels. There are 6 such cores in total (+ 6 more virtual ones), in normal mode they operate at a frequency of 2.5 GHz, and in case of a lack of computing power, they can be accelerated to 4.4 GHz. The third level cache is 18 MB. An important innovation of the Alder Lake architecture is the use of the PCI-E 5.0 bus and simultaneous support for DDR4 3200 and DDR5 4800 RAM formats.

To install the processor, you will need a motherboard not earlier than 2020, equipped with an LGA 1700 socket and a 400th or 500th chipset series. The declared TDP of the model is standard for the series of 65 W, at peak load it can rise to 117 W. The stock cooler copes well with such heat dissipation. With more cores, higher clock speeds, and support for Hyper Threading, the Core i5-12400F's performance matches previous and previous generation Core i7 models, making it one of the best 6-core processors for gaming.