Intel Core i5-10400F vs Intel Core i5-12400F
Comparison of the technical characteristics between the processors, with the Intel Core i5-10400F on one side and the Intel Core i5-12400F on the other side, also their respective performances with the benchmarks. The first is dedicated to the desktop sector, It has 6 cores, 12 threads, a maximum frequency of 4.3GHz. The second is used on the desktop segment, it has a total of 6 cores, 12 threads, its turbo frequency is set to 4.4 GHz. The following table also compares the lithography, the number of transistors (if indicated), the amount of cache memory, the maximum RAM memory capacity, the type of memory accepted, the release date, the maximum number of PCIe lanes, the values obtained in Geekbench and Cinebench.
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Specification comparison:
Processor |
| Intel Core i5-10400F | | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | | |
Market (main) | | Desktop |
| | | Desktop | | |
ISA | | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| | | x86-64 (64 bit) | | |
Microarchitecture | | Comet Lake |
| | | Golden Cove + Gracemont | | |
Core name | | Comet Lake-S |
| | | Alder Lake | | |
Family | | Core i5-10000 |
| | | Core i5-12000 | | |
Part number(s), S-Spec | |
BX8070110400F,
BXC8070110400F,
CM8070104282719,
CM8070104290716,
QUL6, SRH3D, SRH79
| | | |
CM8071504555318,
CM8071504650609,
BX8071512400F,
SRL4W, SRL5Z
| | |
Release date | | Q2 2020 |
| | | Q1 2022 | | |
Lithography | | 14 nm+++ |
| | | Intel 7
| | |
Cores | | 6 |
| | | 6 | | |
Threads | | 12 |
| | | 12 | | |
Base frequency | | 2.9 GHz |
| | | 2.5 GHz | | |
Turbo frequency | | 4.3 GHz |
| | | 4.4 GHz | | |
High performance cores | | -
|
| | | 6 Cores 12 Threads @ 2.5 / 4.4 GHz
| | |
Cache memory | | 12 MB |
| | | 18 MB | | |
Max memory capacity | | 128 GB |
| | | 128 GB | | |
Memory types | | DDR4-2666
|
| | | DDR5-4800
| | |
Max # of memory channels | | 2 |
| | | 2 | | |
Max memory bandwidth | | 41.6 GB/s |
| | | 76.8 GB/s | | |
Max PCIe lanes | | 16 |
| | | 20 | | |
TDP | | 65 W |
| | | 65 W | | |
Suggested PSU | | 600W ATX Power Supply  |
| | | 600W ATX Power Supply  | | |
GPU integrated graphics | | None |
| | | None | | |
Socket | | LGA1200 |
| | | LGA1700 | | |
Compatible motherboard | | Socket LGA 1200 Motherboard  |
| | | Socket LGA 1700 Motherboard  | | |
Maximum temperature | | 100°C |
| | | 100°C | | |
AI accelerator | | -
|
| | | Gaussian & Neural Accelerator
| | |
Crypto engine | | AES New Instructions,
Secure Key
|
| | | AES New Instructions,
Secure Key
| | |
Security | | Software Guard Extensions,
OS Guard,
Execute Disable Bit,
Boot Guard
|
| | | OS Guard,
Execute Disable Bit,
Boot Guard,
Mode-based Execute Control,
Control-Flow Enforcement Technology
| | |
CPU-Z single thread | | 462 |
| | | 691 | | |
CPU-Z multi thread | | 3,597 |
| | | 4,977 | | |
Cinebench R15 single thread | | 180 |
| | | 252 | | |
Cinebench R15 multi-thread | | 1,296 |
| | | 1,777 | | |
Cinebench R20 single thread | | 438 |
| | | 661 | | |
Cinebench R20 multi-thread | | 3,131 |
| | | 4,723 | | |
Cinebench R23 single thread | | 1,116 |
| | | 1,687 | | |
Cinebench R23 multi-thread | | 7,994 |
| | | 12,240 | | |
PassMark single thread | | 2,579 |
| | | 3,542 | | |
PassMark CPU Mark | | 12,578 |
| | | 19,749 | | |
(Windows) Geekbench 4 single core | | 4,867 |
| | | 7,499 | | |
(Windows) Geekbench 4 multi-core | | 22,083 |
| | | 36,025 | | |
(Windows) Geekbench 5 single core | | 1,133 |
| | | 1,692 | | |
(Windows) Geekbench 5 multi-core | | 5,873 |
| | | 8,895 | | |
(SGEMM) GFLOPS Performance | | 402.6 GFLOPS |
| | | 547.9 GFLOPS | | |
(Multi-core / watt performance) Performance / watt ratio | | 340 pts / W |
| | | 554 pts / W | | |
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We can better compare what are the technical differences between the two processors.
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We see that the two processors have an equivalent number of cores, the turbo frequency of Intel Core i5-12400F is bigger, that their respective TDP are of the same order. The Intel Core i5-12400F was started more recently.
Performance comparison with the benchmarks:
Performance comparison between the two processors, for this we consider the results generated on benchmark software such as Geekbench.
In single core, the difference is 50%. In multi-core, the difference in terms of gap is 38%.
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average of the performances got with these processors, you may get different results.
CPU-Z is a system information software that provides the name of the processor, its model number, the codename, the cache levels, the package, the process. It can also gives data about the mainboard, the memory. It makes real time measurement, with finally a benchmark for the single thread, as well as for the multi thread.
In single core, the difference is 40%. In multi-core, the difference in terms of gap is 37%.
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average of the performances got with these processors, you may get different results.
Cinebench R15 evaluates the performance of CPU calculations by restoring a photorealistic 3D scene. The scene has 2,000 objects, 300,000 polygons, uses sharp and fuzzy reflections, bright areas, shadows, procedural shaders, antialiasing, and so on. The faster the rendering of the scene is created, the more powerful the PC is, with a high number of points.
In single core, the difference is 51%. In multi-core, the difference in terms of gap is 51%.
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average of the performances got with these processors, you may get different results.
Cinebench R20 is a multi-platform test software which allows to evaluate the hardware capacities of a device such as a computer, a tablet, a server. This version of Cinebench takes into account recent developments in processors with multiple cores and the latest improvements in rendering techniques. The evaluation is ultimately even more relevant.
In single core, the difference is 51%. In multi-core, the difference in terms of gap is 53%.
Note: Commissions may be earned from the links above. These scores are only an
average of the performances got with these processors, you may get different results.
Cinebench R23 is cross-platform testing software that allows you to assess the hardware capabilities of a device such as a computer, tablet, server. This version of Cinebench takes into account recent developments in processors with multiple cores and the latest improvements in rendering techniques. The evaluation is ultimately even more relevant. The test scene contains no less than 2,000 objects and more than 300,000 polygons in total.
In single core, the difference is 37%. In multi-core, the difference in terms of gap is 57%.
Note: Commissions may be earned from the links above. These scores are only an
average of the performances got with these processors, you may get different results.
PassMark is a benchmarking software that performs several performance tests including prime numbers, integers, floating point, compression, physics, extended instructions, encoding, sorting. The higher the score is, the higher is the device capacity.
With Windows:In single core, the difference is 54%. In multi-core, the difference in terms of gap is 63%.
With Linux:In single core, the difference is 56%. In multi-core, the difference in terms of gap is 66%.
With Android:In single core, the difference is 25%. In multi-core, the difference in terms of gap is 64%.
With Mac OS X:In single core, the difference is 29%. In multi-core, the difference in terms of gap is 29%.
Note: Commissions may be earned from the links above. These scores are only an
average of the performances got with these processors, you may get different results.
Geekbench 4 is a complete benchmark platform with several types of tests, including data compression, images, AES encryption, SQL encoding, HTML, PDF file rendering, matrix computation, Fast Fourier Transform, 3D object simulation, photo editing, memory testing. This allows us to better visualize the respective power of these devices. For each result, we took an average of 250 values on the famous benchmark software.
With Windows:In single core, the difference is 49%. In multi-core, the difference in terms of gap is 51%.
With Linux:In single core, the difference is 46%. In multi-core, the difference in terms of gap is 57%.
With Android:In single core, the difference is 44%. In multi-core, the difference in terms of gap is 39%.
With macOS:In single core, the difference is 64%. In multi-core, the difference in terms of gap is 52%.
Note: Commissions may be earned from the links above. These scores are only an
average of the performances got with these processors, you may get different results.
Geekbench 5 is a software for measuring the performance of a computer system, for fixed devices, mobile devices, servers. This platform makes it possible to better compare the power of the CPU, the computing power and to compare it with similar or totally different systems. Geekbench 5 includes new workloads that represent work tasks and applications that we can find in reality.
Equivalence:
Intel Core i5-10400F AMD EquivalentIntel Core i5-12400F AMD EquivalentSee also:
Intel Core i5-10400Intel Core i5-10400HIntel Core i5-10400TIntel Core i5-12400Intel Core i5-12400T