At CES 2022, Intel officially released the 12th generation Of Core family products, including the first 6 K/KF series, a total of up to 28 models. At present, Intel's official e-commerce platform only sells i9-12900K/KF products, but the three 12th-generation Core i5 products that are nominally available in the mainland are also available in stores, of which the i5-12490F model does not appear in the product list announced by Intel.
Judging from the list of 12th-generation Core desktop products, there are only two products, the i5-12400/F. However, from the performance parameters of the i5-12490F flowing out of the e-commerce platform: this processor has 6 cores and 12 threads, the highest turbo frequency to 4.6GHz, 20MB level 3 cache, a total of 20 PCI-E channels, support DDR5-4800 and DDR4-3200 memory, basic power consumption of 65W, maximum turbo power consumption of 117W. There is an e-commerce platform that offers 1620 yuan.
Among them, the level 3 cache reaches the K-series level of the Core i5, so it can be regarded as an enhanced version of the i5-12400F, with a higher frequency and a larger level 3 cache; it can also be regarded as a modified version of the i5-12500, which expands the level-3 cache and cancels the checkout.
Compared with the i5-12400, the single-core score of the i5-12490F is slightly higher, and the multi-core score is basically the same.
From the price point of view, the Chinese mainland special edition of the 12th generation Core i5-12490F processor priced at 1620 yuan still has a certain cost performance. Suitable for daily office, simple video editing, playing mainstream games and other demands of users to consider.