Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago

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Intel i5 13600k or i5 12400f - Which is worth for Gaming in 2026 ?

Room temp - 28 deg
1080p resolution
Dec 2025 drivers

PC SPECS
● CPU 1: 13th gen i5 13600kf stock speed
●CPU 2: 12th gen i5 12400F stock speed


● Cooler: Core II Liquid Cooler Master
●GPU : Sapphire pulse RX 9070 XT 16GB GDDR6
●RAM: Gskill S5 32GB (2x16G)DDR5 6000MHZ 36 36 36 76

● MOTHERBOARD : MSI Z690A DDR5
● SATA M2: Sandisk 2TB 500Mbps
● NVMe M.2 SSD : WD SN580 1TB NVME 4.0
● Case: COOLER MASTER Elite 681
● Power Supply: DeepCool 850W GOLD
● OS: Windows 11 Pro ver. 25H2
● Recorded: MSI AFTER BURNER & Radeon Relive