Intel Core i5-10400 vs Intel Core i7-12700

Core i5-10400 vs Core i7-12700 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12700 beats the Core i5-10400 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-10400 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-12700 has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Core i5-10400 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-10400. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-12700 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-10400. Also, the Core i7-12700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-10400 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.