First, the preface: a new generation of cost performance god U was born
Intel Alder Lake 12th generation Core processors have been "the whole family", with a wide range of models, as high as the i9 and as low as the Celeron full coverage.
In addition to the top models such as i9-12900K, the most concerned should be the mainstream models such as i5-12600K/KF and i5-12400/F, which have sufficient performance and higher cost performance.
Among them, the number of i5-12600K cores has reached 10 (6 large and 4 small), and the number of threads has increased to 16, with a main frequency of 3.6GHz and a turbo frequency of 4.9GHz, and the 20MB L3 cache is larger than the previous generation i9-11900K 16MB.
In our previous tests, the i5-12600K, whether it is a theoretical test or a stand-alone or online game, has completed a small surpass for the i9-11900K, so how about the i5-12400?
From the data point of view, i5-12400 cancels the small core and only retains the large core, more traditional, specifically 6 cores 12 threads, 2.5GHz main frequency and 4.4GHz turbo frequency, the tertiary cache still has 18MB or big fish i9-11900K, TDP basic power consumption is controlled at 65W.
From the perspective of indicators alone, i5-12400 is already very strong, and even the flagship i9-11900K of the 14nm 11th generation can be touched, coupled with the progress of manufacturing process and core architecture, the performance improvement brought by iteration is not fully reflected by paper parameters.
This time, we will test the performance gap between the i5-12600K and i5-12400 in online games with the support of the RTX 3080Ti graphics card.
In order to give you a more intuitive understanding of the performance of these two processors, we will add the Ryzen 7 5800X, after all, the Zen3 architecture of the Ryzen 5000 series has always been unique in online game performance.
When it comes to online games, in addition to the number of cores and frequency, the processor's L3 cache can be said to be crucial. The i5-12600K has a L3 cache capacity of 20MB, the i5-12400 has a L3 cache capacity of 18MB, and the Ryzen 7 5800X has a L3 cache capacity of 32MB, while the L3 cache latency of the Ryzen™ 7 5800X is also the lowest of the three processors.
From the data of the three processors, the frequency of the i5-12400 is the lowest of the three, but it still exposes the 18MB L3 cache. The I5-12600K has the highest single-core frequency, but the full-core frequency is slightly inferior to the Ryzen™ 7 5800X.
In terms of L3 cache, the i5-12400K and i5-12600K differ by only 2MB, while the Ryzen™ 7 5800X's L3 cache reaches an exaggerated 32MB.
In terms of price, the most expensive of these is naturally the Ryzen 7 5800X, but it should be noted that the price we list is the box price, if it is a bulk price, it is cheaper, and Intel has a slight advantage in this regard.
The test platform is as follows:
Since the i5-12400 and i5-12600K belong to the same generation, the test platform is basically the same, but the processor was replaced during testing.
Ryzen™ 7 5800X only supports DDR4 memory, so we still use MSI MEG X570 GODLIKE motherboard, Zhiqi 32GB DDR4 3200MHz memory, it looks a bit of a loss, but according to experience, the actual performance difference between DDR5-4800 and DDR4-3200 is minimal.
Without further ado, let's look directly at the outcome of the game.
2. League of Legends: i5-12400 with the highest picture quality of 360 frames
From top to bottom, i5-12400, i5-12600K, Ryzen™ 7 5800X, the same below.
In the game, we set ultra-high quality, no limit frame rate, from the game results, i5-12400 frame rate remains at about 360 frames, i5-12600K frame rate remains at about 410 frames, Ryzen 7 5800X frame rate remains at about 420 frames.
It should be noted that due to the high frame rate of the three processors, it is easy to jump back and forth at 200-400 frames, whether it is the Ryzen 7 5800X or i5-12600K, which is a big throw away from the i5-12400.
Of course, the frame rate of all three processors exceeds 300 frames, and only in this game, there is no actual difference when playing.
Star Wars: i5-12400 breaks 500 frames
"Star Wars Armor" is a real-time Digital Extremes developed a sci-fi theme of the third person shooter game, players can experience the fierce battles in different environments in the game, although the name of the shooter, but melee is the essence of the game, but the game's requirements for configuration are not high.
In our actual tests, the frame rate of the i5-12400 remained around 520 frames, the frame rate of the i5-12600K was also around 520 frames, and the Ryzen 7 5800X was around 470 frames.
It should be noted that the frame rate of the three processors with the RTX 3080Ti graphics card in the game has been jumping around 450-530 frames, and there is no obvious difference, and the Ryzen 7 5800X has not shown its due strength.
In the case of 34% of the i5-12400 processor occupancy and 29% of the i5-12600K processor occupancy, the processor occupancy of the Ryzen™ 7 5800X is only 23%, which is obviously lazy.
CS:GO: i5-12600K frames have the highest number
The daimyo of "CS:GO" believes that it does not need to be introduced too much, as the orthodox sequel to the CS series, it has caused a crazy chase by many CS fans since its official release in 2012, and after landing in the domestic market in 2017, a CS trend has been blown up in the domestic market.
Measured results, i5-12600K is around 520FPS, i5-12400, Ryzen™ 7 5800X are close to 500FPS.
Judging from the test results, the difference between the three processors is not very large, imagining that the Ryzen™ 7 5800X crazy to shake off the i5-12400 and i5-12600K phenomenon did not appear, but the i5-12600K performance slightly exceeded some, and "League of Legends" similar, when the frame rate reached a certain height, the impact on the actual game can not be well shown.
V. "World of Tanks": All three processors broke 50,000 points
"World of Tanks" is a war online game launched by Wargaming company, due to its hardcore game settings and high game requirements for the understanding of the game, it is affectionately known as "Yamaguchi Ding" by domestic players, in which players can play as 1930-1960s chariots for battle, and the degree of historical restoration is extremely high.
In real-world tests, the i5-12400 scored 51280, the i5-12600K scored 56261, and the Ryzen™ 7 5800X scored 53143.
Converted to a frame rate, the i5-12400 frame rate is 310 frames, the i5-12600K frame rate is 340 frames, and the Ryzen™ 7 5800X frame rate is 322 frames. The I5-12400 is also close to the Ryzen 7 5800X.
Sixth, "Tianya Mingyue Knife": i5-12400 failed to run the full frame rate
"Tianya Mingyue Knife" is a martial arts theme domestic game developed by Tencent Northern Lights Studio, adapted from the ancient dragon martial arts novel "Tianya Mingyue Knife", players can experience the jianghu world of the ancient dragon novel in the game, and the rich game content highly restores the world of the sword and light sword shadow in the ancient dragon's pen.
In the game, we turn on the high-end option, but the game still has a frame rate of only 150 frames.
Judging from the test results, the i5-12400 actually failed to run full 150 frames, and the frame rate of the game remained around 140 frames.
The i5-12600K and Ryzen™ 7 5800X were not stressful, and they both ran to 150 frames with ease.
From the detailed data, the processor occupancy of the i5-12600K and Ryzen™ 7 5800X is 17%, and the processor occupancy of the i5-12400 is 23%, which is still a bit stressful.
7. "Sword Spirit": Ryzen 7 5800X is still stress-free
"Sword Spirit" is a 3D large fantasy multiplayer online game developed by the Korean game open NCSoft, due to its exquisite modeling, detailed game content and other advantages, was introduced to China by Tencent, although today's popularity is not as good as it was then, but it is still a good game.
In the game test, we turned on high quality, turned on 120 frames high frame rate, from the results of the i5-12400 frame rate did not run score, remained at about 110 frames, while i5-12600K and Ryzen™ 7 5800X both reached the highest frame rate.
From the perspective of processor occupancy, the processor occupancy of the i5-12400 is 33%, the processor occupancy of the i5-12600K is 16%, and the processor occupancy of the Ryzen™ 7 5800X is 15%.
It seems that if you want to satisfy the appetite of the i5-12600K and Ryzen™ 7 5800X, you have to eat the configuration of the game.
8. "Against the Cold Water": i5-12400 catches up
"Against the Cold Water" is a large-scale multiplayer online game produced by NetEase, the game is based on Wen Ruian's novel "Four Famous Catches", "Say Who is the Hero", "Shenzhou Qixia" three series of novels as the background, showing Wen Ruian's Northern Song Dynasty during the jianghu feud, players can play a variety of roles in the game to participate in the process of major events, the sense of immersion is excellent.
In the game test, all three processors under the blessing of the RTX 3080Ti ran out of the level of nearly 120 frames, which is also the highest frame rate that the game can achieve in high quality.
IX. "Forever Doomed": The Ryzen 7 5800X unexpectedly fell behind
"Forever Doom" is a chicken-like online game produced by NetEase, in the game world, players need to control a hero to fight with other players, rich game content, invigorating operation experience, novel game mode, have made many players crazy, only 4 months after the public beta, it set a new record for domestic buyout game sales with 6 million sales.
In the actual test, we turned on high quality, and surprisingly, the Ryzen 7 5800X has a frame rate of 122 frames, the i5-12400 frame rate is 146 frames, and the i5-12600K frame rate is 156 frames, all of which significantly exceed the Ryzen™ frame rate.
10. Summary: Online game new sharp weapon, i5-12400 is indeed a thousand yuan god U
Each generation of i5-X400 series processors, play the role of cost-effective terminator, performance fully meets most mainstream users, the price is more close to the people than the i7 series, and in the context of increasingly fierce market competition, the i5 processor is also getting higher and higher cost-effective.
But what we did not expect is that the boxed price of 1699 yuan i5-12400, its performance has been close to the previous generation of flagship i9-11900K, the overall gap of only about 5 to 10%, which in previous years are not dare to think. Considering the lower price of the chip processor, this in turn increases the price/performance ratio of the i5-12400.
In terms of online games, the Ryzen 5000 series has been very beautiful in the past two years, and we also deliberately examined the online game performance of the 12th generation of Core through this topic, and the results were quite unexpected.
Overall, the i5-12600K can already surpass the Ryzen 7 5800X in all the games that are lost, and the gap between a few backwards is not large. Although the i5-12400 lags behind the i5-12600K and the Ryzen™ 7 5800X in most tests, the gap is not too big, and the overall remains around 5 to 10%.
Of course, i5-12400 after all, the number of cores, frequency are too bad, the occupancy rate in the game is somewhat high, there is still a certain pressure. If you carry out background tasks such as live broadcasting, it may be a bit difficult, but after all, the frame rate itself is high enough, which is not a problem for the vast majority of netizen players.
What is a little surprising is that the Ryzen 7 5800X in most games, the processor occupancy rate is kept at a very low range, and even in all the games we tested, there has never been a game that can make the Ryzen 7 5800X really move, even the most delicious configuration of "Forever", the occupancy rate of the Ryzen™ 7 5800X is less than 40%, and the RTX 3080Ti graphics card has almost reached the peak of hardware performance. Finding an online game that will fill the Ryzen™ 7 5800X is not an easy task.
For online gamers, the Ryzen 7 5800X is still a good choice, i5-12600K is lagging behind, the performance is better, more core, large and small core architecture is also conducive to the parallelism of game + live broadcast, of course, the optimization of the hybrid architecture will continue to be tested.
The i5-12400 is naturally the most cost-effective choice, the performance gap is not large, the price is much cheaper, and there is no need to worry about the size of the core optimization.
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