Do the Core i5-12400F and GeForce RTX 5060 bottleneck each other?

No. At 1080p (1920 x 1080) the Core i5-12400F keeps the GeForce RTX 5060 fed with a little headroom to spare, which is what a balanced build looks like. Expect about 70 fps on High.

How many fps do the Core i5-12400F and GeForce RTX 5060 get at 1080p (1920 x 1080)?

Around 70 fps on the High preset. The Core i5-12400F tops out near 136 fps and the GeForce RTX 5060 near 72 fps, and the lower of the two sets the frame rate.

Core i5-12400F + GeForce RTX 5060 Bottleneck Calculator

Whether the Core i5-12400F and the GeForce RTX 5060 hold each other back, at every resolution, with the frame rate you can expect and the single upgrade that fixes it.

Processor

Graphics card

Screen resolution

Graphics preset

Memory (RAM)

Primary usage

Estimates built from published benchmark data, not a test of your exact PC. How we calculate this.

The same pair at every resolution

A processor pushes roughly the same number of frames whatever the resolution. A graphics card pushes far fewer as pixels go up. That is why the limit moves as you climb this table, and why a bottleneck figure quoted without a resolution means nothing.

Resolution	Estimated fps	Limited by	Gap
720p (1280 x 720)	95 fps	Balanced	0%
1080p (1920 x 1080)	70 fps	Balanced	0%
1440p (2560 x 1440)	52 fps	GPU	22.2%
Ultrawide 1440p (3440 x 1440)	34 fps	GPU	48.9%
4K (3840 x 2160)	20 fps	GPU	70.4%
8K (7680 x 4320)	8 fps	GPU	88.3%

What to do about it

Nothing to fix. At 1080p (1920 x 1080) the Core i5-12400F has just enough headroom over the GeForce RTX 5060 to keep the card fed without wasting money on either side. This is what a balanced build looks like.

Modelled from published benchmark data, not measured on this exact combination. The indexes behind these figures and the sources they come from are on how we calculate this.