Intel Core i5-12600K vs Intel Core i5-12400
            Intel Core i5-12600K
            
                $265
            
        
    
            Intel Core i5-12400
            
                $198
            
        
    | 
                             10 Cores 
                            16 Threads 
                            3.7GHz Clock 
                         | 
                    
                        
                             6 Cores 
                            12 Threads 
                            2.5GHz Clock 
                         | 
                    
                
| 
                             Socket 
                            LGA 1700 
                         | 
                    
                        
                             Socket 
                            LGA 1700 
                         | 
                    
                
| 
                             iGPU 
                            
                                UHD 770 1450MHz
                            
                            740 GFLOPS FP32 
                         | 
                    
                        
                             iGPU 
                            
                                UHD 730 1450MHz
                            
                            560 GFLOPS FP32 
                         | 
                    
                
| 
                                         
                                            
                                                GB6S 2,475
                                            
                                             
                                    61% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                                    
                                         
                                            
                                                GB6S 2,200
                                            
                                             
                                    54% 
                                            
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| 
                                         
                                            
                                                GB6M 11,865
                                            
                                             
                                    44% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                                    
                                         
                                            
                                                GB6M 8,810
                                            
                                             
                                    33% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         CB23S 1,915 
                                            74% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                                    
                                         CB23S 1,735 
                                            67% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         CB23M 17,680 
                                            41% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                                    
                                         CB23M 11,710 
                                            27% 
                                            
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                                         Manufacturer 
                                        
                                            Intel
                                        
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                                         Manufacturer 
                                        
                                            Intel
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         Architecture 
                                        
                                            Alder Lake
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Architecture 
                                        
                                            Alder Lake
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         Family 
                                        
                                            Core 12th Gen
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Family 
                                        
                                            Core 12th Gen
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                            
                            
| 
                                         Instruction Set (ISA) 
                                        x86-64 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Instruction Set (ISA) 
                                        x86-64 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Codename 
                                        Alder Lake-S 
                                        - 
                                        Alder Lake-8P-8E 
                                        P-Core 
                                        Golden Cove 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        E-Core 
                                        Gracemont 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Codename 
                                        Alder Lake-S 
                                        - 
                                        Alder Lake-6P 
                                        - 
                                        Golden Cove 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Market Segment 
                                        Desktop 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Market Segment 
                                        Desktop 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Release Date 
                                        11/4/2021 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Release Date 
                                        1/18/2022 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         Foundry 
                                        Intel 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Foundry 
                                        Intel 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Node 
                                        Intel 7 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Node 
                                        Intel 7 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         Die Size 
                                        202 mm² 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Die Size 
                                        158 mm² 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         Transistor Count 
                                        14.6 Billion 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Transistor Count 
                                        11.4 Billion 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
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| 
                                         10 Cores 
                                        6 P-Cores 
                                        - 
                                        4 E-Cores 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         6 Cores 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         16 Threads 
                                        12 P-Threads 
                                        - 
                                        4 E-Threads 
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                                         12 Threads 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         P-Core 
                                        3.7GHz 
                                        4.9GHz Boost 
                                        - 
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                                         - 
                                        2.5GHz 
                                        4.4GHz Boost 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
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                                         - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
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                                         E-Core 
                                        2.8GHz 
                                        3.6GHz Boost 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         Overclocking 
                                        Unlocked 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
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                                         Overclocking 
                                        Locked 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
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                                         Type 
                                        DMI 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Type 
                                        DMI 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         - 
                                        - 
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                                         - 
                                        - 
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                                         - 
                                        - 
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                                         - 
                                        - 
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                                         Transfer Rate 
                                        16GT/s 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Transfer Rate 
                                        16GT/s 
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                                         - 
                                        - 
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                                         - 
                                        - 
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                                         Lanes 
                                        8 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Lanes 
                                        8 
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                                         Bandwidth 
                                        16GB/s 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Bandwidth 
                                        16GB/s 
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                                         Bi-directional 
                                        32GB/s 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Bi-directional 
                                        32GB/s 
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                                         L0 Instruction 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         L0 Instruction 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         L0 Data 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
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                                         L0 Data 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
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                                         L1 Instruction 
                                        32KB/P-Core 
                                        8-way set associative 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        64KB/E-Core 
                                        8-way set associative 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         L1 Instruction 
                                        32KB/Core 
                                        8-way set associative 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         L1 Data 
                                        48KB/P-Core 
                                        12-way set associative 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        32KB/E-Core 
                                        8-way set associative 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         L1 Data 
                                        48KB/Core 
                                        12-way set associative 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         L2 
                                        1280KB/Core 
                                        10-way set associative 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        2MB Shared (E-Core) 
                                        16-way set associative 
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                                         L2 
                                        1280KB/Core 
                                        10-way set associative 
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                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
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                                         L3 
                                        - 
                                        20MB Shared 
                                        - 
                                        12-way set associative 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         L3 
                                        - 
                                        18MB Shared 
                                        - 
                                        12-way set associative 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
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                                         - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
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                                         - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
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                                         Channels 
                                        2 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Channels 
                                        2 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         Max Memory 
                                        128GB 
                                        128GB 
                                        
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Max Memory 
                                        128GB 
                                        128GB 
                                        
                                        
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                                         ECC 
                                        Not Supported 
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                                         ECC 
                                        Not Supported 
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                                         Bus Width/Channel 
                                        64Bit 
                                        Bus Width 
                                        128Bit 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Bus Width/Channel 
                                        64Bit 
                                        Bus Width 
                                        128Bit 
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                                         Clock 
                                        2400MHz 
                                        1600MHz 
                                        
                                        
                                        Transfer Rate 
                                        4800MT/s 
                                        3200MT/s 
                                        
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Clock 
                                        2400MHz 
                                        1600MHz 
                                        
                                        
                                        Transfer Rate 
                                        4800MT/s 
                                        3200MT/s 
                                        
                                        
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                                         Bandwidth/Channel 
                                        38.4GB/s 
                                        25.6GB/s 
                                        
                                        
                                        Bandwidth 
                                        76.8GB/s 
                                        51.2GB/s 
                                        
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Bandwidth/Channel 
                                        38.4GB/s 
                                        25.6GB/s 
                                        
                                        
                                        Bandwidth 
                                        76.8GB/s 
                                        51.2GB/s 
                                        
                                        
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                                         TDP 
                                        125W 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        150W Peak 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         TDP 
                                        65W 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        117W Peak 
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                                         Temp 
                                        100°C Max 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Temp 
                                        100°C Max 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         Included Cooler 
                                            
                                            Not Included 
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Included Cooler 
                                        
                                            Laminar RM1
                                        
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| 
                                         PCIe 5.0 x16 Lanes 
                                        PCIe 4.0 x4 Lanes 
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                                         PCIe 5.0 x16 Lanes 
                                        PCIe 4.0 x4 Lanes 
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                                            UHD 770 1450MHz
                                        
                                         256 Shaders 
                                        1450MHz 
                                        740 GFLOPS FP32 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            UHD 730 1450MHz
                                        
                                         192 Shaders 
                                        1450MHz 
                                        560 GFLOPS FP32 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         GNA 3.0 
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                                         GNA 3.0 
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                                         No Cellular 
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                                         No Cellular 
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