Leaked benchmarks of the upcoming Intel Alder Lake Core i5-12400 suggest that Intel may match up very well to the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X. The Core i5-12400 offers six Golden Cove cores that seem to be perceivably better than the Ryzen 5 5600X and significantly faster than its predecessor, the Core i5-11400.
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