Intel Core i5-10400F vs Intel Core i7-12700KF

Core i5-10400F vs Core i7-12700KF comparison

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

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-12700KF has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Core i5-10400F has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-10400F. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-12700KF has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-10400F. Also, the Core i7-12700KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-10400F CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-12700KF CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i5-10400F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.