Conclusion and conclusion
Even though this first benchmark run was only about pure gaming – the tendency is clear. The upcoming Core i5-12400 has what it takes to make a real mark in its price range. With its 6 P-Cores and HT, it’s not only virtually as fast as AMD’s Ryzen 5 5600X on paper, but it offers the better P1 values and an efficiency that’s over a third better than that of the previous front-runner Ryzen 5 5600X! That’s no small improvement either, but a whole class better. At least.
What takes up less electrical power will naturally also have to give off less in the form of waste heat. The up to 50 watts can almost be cooled with a wet thumb, which also does not overstrain the necessary cooling performance of a boxed cooler. If there was not the problem with the warping sockets and the netagiv impaired contact between CPU and cooler bottom (bending of the CPU) due to the much too high contact pressures of the bracket. However, how to do that with push pins and without a massive backplate is still a mystery to me. Maybe intel uses other sockets with lower contact pressure on the sockets of the cheaper B- and H-boards, because surely nobody will want to llimit the high-end. Then perhaps a limitation to e.g. 125 watts beckons again.
Cooling issues with Intel’s Alder Lake – Problems with the LGA-1700 socket and a possible workaround
So what are all the upgraders and retrofitters doing? If you own a Ryzen 5 as Zen3 (or maybe Zen2+), you don’t need the Core i5-12400 as a pure side-grade, especially since the platform also costs money and currently leaves some questions unanswered. However, the small Core i5-12400 is highly interesting for upgraders and newcomers who need to save a bit or are more oriented towards ecological guidelines. Nowadays this is also a possibility after all.
Intel probably won’t take any existing customers away from AMD in gaming, but the tide will certainly turn quickly with new customers, if availability and prices for Alder Lake including the platform are right and these DDR4 motherboards also appear on the market at acceptable prices. It’s best to let it get to us and then judge again. The launch is still coming and the prices can still fluctuate.
The review sample is a customized, retail CPU and was not provided by Intel. The equivalent QS was not used in the test for reasons of fairness, but was used for internal plausibility tests and for final cross-checking. A voluntary signing of NDAs was not accepted by Intel due to the lack of relevance of our publication until today, so that I again purely voluntarily adhere to the embargo periods for the upcoming CPU (keyword collegiality). Motherboard and memory come from the respective manufacturers and were only provided on the condition that the embargo periods for these products were adhered to.
- 1 - Introduction, Test System and Methods
- 2 - 720p - Gaming Performance
- 3 - 720p - Power Draw and Efficiency in each Game
- 4 - 1080p - Gaming Performance
- 5 - 1080p - Power Draw and Efficiency in each Game
- 6 - 1440p - Gaming Performance
- 7 - 1440p - Power Draw and Efficiency in each Game
- 8 - Overall Gaming Performance and Comparison
- 9 - Summary of Power Consumption and Efficiency
- 10 - Conclusion and Final Words (for now)
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