Intel Core i5-11400F vs Intel Core i5-12400F

Core i5-11400F vs Core i5-12400F comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-12400F beats the Core i5-11400F in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-11400F in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-11400F has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-12400F. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. 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 i5-11400F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.