Intel's i5 mid-range series has long been the first choice for gaming CPUs in Xiao Shu's heart.
After all, for budget players, money is spent on the cutting edge (GPU) to maximize performance gains.
It is also because the i5 12400 of this generation has a good price and comprehensive performance, and has been rated as the best mid-range game CPU by foreign hardware media.
At present, the i5-12400 Jingdong price is 1499 yuan after the full sale, but today our protagonist is not i5-12400.
Because for Chinese players, there are now better options.
In January this year, Intel launched a special version of the i5-12490F for the Chinese market, which is simply based on the i5-12400.
But at that time, there was no point in terms of cost performance, and after castrating the cooling fan, there was even a bit of IQ test U, so we did not specifically report i5-12490F.
Moreover, Intel's "special supply" product overturning cases for the domestic market are still vivid. Its first 10nm CPU, model i3-8121U, took the domestic market as a test field, and the results were thunderous, not advancing and retreating.
But two days ago, Intel adjusted the i5-12490F pricing, a direct drop of 200 yuan. In addition, the price of Jingdong after the full reduction promotion is 1349 yuan (the first gift can be -10 yuan), which is 150 yuan cheaper than the original 12400.
The original proper IQ test U instantly became Xiangxiang U, and even Chinese netizens are paying attention to the price adjustment of this "air U":
In fact, if it is installed now, Xiaoshu does recommend the i5-12490F, which is said below.
i5-12490F uses a unique black packaging, corresponding to the Internet and player geek positioning, is this a blackened version of Core? Anyway, Xiao Shu ate this set very much.
The i5-12490F is a 6-core, 12-thread design like the 12400. However, the base frequency has been increased from 2.5GHz to 3GHz. The single-core maximum turbo frequency is increased from 4.4GHz to 4.6GHz, flush with 12500.
All three CPUs are designed to consume 65 W and a maximum power consumption of 100 W.
Ending with F means that the 12490 has no kernel display, but the L3 cache has been upgraded to 20MB, which is flush with 12600K! This means that the 12490F can perform better in complex tasks and applications with its additional 2MB L3 cache.
Of course, this is all theoretical values, from the running score of 12490F and 12400, there is basically no gap, mainly because the current software engine is not enough to reflect this degree of hardware differences, and it is not optimized for you.
Simply put, the gap between i5-12490F and the competitors of the same level are not obvious, but the main advantage is reflected in the price, which is the best choice for mid-range gamers at this stage. Of course, after the price changes, everyone buys a cheap one.
As mentioned earlier, 12490F castrated the cooling fan, the electric powder you want to buy can be combined with a hundred yuan air cooling, etc., so it seems, did not earn much ah?
Finally, there is the question of why Intel should launch such a segmented CPU model in the domestic market, Intel did not specify.
In fact, just from the numbers, 12490F is closer to 12500, saying that it is an upgrade of 12400, in fact, it can also be a castrated version of 12500?
Xiao Song's irresponsible guess may be that the 12500 does not have an F-series model, and the supply is still quite small.
In the past two years, the domestic players' good feelings for AMD have increased sharply, and there is a feeling of heroic dragon slaying.
Now that AMD has enough mid-range subdivisions, Intel may want to prove its place in the game U with the 12490F? Both in price and performance, the i5-12490F is currently worth the R5 5600X.
Higher yields, the expectation of higher profits from the same silicon circle, and fierce competition may be the reason for Intel's price cuts.
After all, the mid-market is the largest and most lucrative group at any time.
All in all, XiaoShu is still that view, the more fierce the competition among manufacturers, the more consumers can lie down and pick up bargains.
Hope to hit harder.