i5-14600K vs i5-12400 - The Last of Us Part I GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q - Game Performance Benchmarks

GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q with Intel Core i5-14600K

The Last of Us Part I

GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q with Intel Core i5-12400

i5-14600K i5-12400

Multi-Thread Performance

21168 Pts

16800 Pts

Single-Thread Performance

4308 Pts

3240 Pts

The Last of Us Part I

i5-14600K vs i5-12400 in The Last of Us Part I using GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q - CPU Performance comparison at Ultra, High, Medium, and Low Quality Settings with 1080p, 1440p, Ultrawide, 4K resolutions

i5-14600K i5-12400

Ultra Quality

Resolution	Frames Per Second
1080p	26.4 FPS
1080p	24.3 FPS
1440p	18.9 FPS
1440p	18.3 FPS
2160p	9.9 FPS
2160p	9.6 FPS
w1440p	15.4 FPS
w1440p	14.9 FPS

High Quality

Resolution	Frames Per Second
1080p	50.4 FPS
1080p	46.9 FPS
1440p	37.7 FPS
1440p	36.6 FPS
2160p	21.3 FPS
2160p	20.8 FPS
w1440p	31.5 FPS
w1440p	30.6 FPS

Medium Quality

Resolution	Frames Per Second
1080p	74.4 FPS
1080p	69.5 FPS
1440p	56.4 FPS
1440p	54.9 FPS
2160p	32.7 FPS
2160p	31.9 FPS
w1440p	47.5 FPS
w1440p	46.2 FPS

Low Quality

Resolution	Frames Per Second
1080p	122.3 FPS
1080p	114.6 FPS
1440p	93.9 FPS
1440p	91.5 FPS
2160p	55.6 FPS
2160p	54.2 FPS
w1440p	79.7 FPS
w1440p	77.6 FPS

i5-14600K

The i5-14600K has higher Level 2 Cache. Data/instructions which have to be processed can be loaded from the fast L2 and the CPU does not have to wait for the very slow DDR RAM
The i5-14600K has higher Level 3 Cache. This is useful when you have substantial multiprocessing workloads, many computationally intense simultaneous processes. More likely on a server, less on a personally used computer for interactive desktop workloads.
For some games, a cpu with a higher clock speed, or in a technical name IPC (Instructions per clock), has better results than other CPU's with higher core count and lower core speed.

i5-12400

The i5-12400 is more power efficient and generates less heat.

Compare i5-14600K vs i5-12400 specifications

i5-14600K vs i5-12400 Architecture

	i5-14600K	i5-12400
Chipsets	Intel 600 Series, Intel 700 Series	Z690, H670, B660, H610
Codename	Raptor Lake-R	Alder Lake-S
DDR4 Speed	3200 MT/s	3200 MT/s
DDR5 Speed	5600 MT/s	4800 MT/s
ECC Memory	Yes	No
Generation	Core i5 (Raptor Lake Refresh)	Core i5 (Alder Lake-S)
Memory Support	DDR4, DDR5	DDR4, DDR5 Dual-channel
PCI-Express	Gen 5, 16 Lanes(CPU only)	Gen 5, 20 Lanes (CPU only)

i5-14600K vs i5-12400 Cache

	i5-14600K	i5-12400
Cache L1	80 KB (per core)	80K (per core)
Cache L2	2 MB (per core)	1.25MB (per core)
Cache L3	24 MB (shared)	18MB (shared)

i5-14600K vs i5-12400 Core Config

	i5-14600K	i5-12400

i5-14600K vs i5-12400 Performance

	i5-14600K	i5-12400
Base Clock	100 MHz	100 MHz
Frequency	3.5 GHz	2.5 GHz
Multiplier	35.0x	25.0x
Multiplier Unlocked	Yes	No
PL1	181 W	65W
PL2	181 W	117W
PL2 Tau Limit	Unlimited	28 seconds
TDP	125 W	65 W
Turbo Clock	up to 5.3 GHz	up to 4.4 GHz