The Intel sticker on the front of a laptop generally doesn't offer more than Core i3/i5/i7, and Intel only started adding the chip's generation to the sticker with last year's 7th-gen CPUs.

In this article, we'll be checking out Intel's Core i5-10400F, a direct competitor to the Ryzen 3600. The more affordable 10400F variant is essentially the same processor we reviewed last year ...

We're primarily comparing the Core i3-12100 and Core i5-12400 to their immediate predecessors: the Core i3-10100, the Core i5-10400, and the Core i5-11400. We also threw in the Ryzen 5 3600 as a ...