Intel Core i5-11600KF vs Intel Core i5-12400

Core i5-11600KF vs Core i5-12400 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-12400 is faster than the Core i5-11600KF. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-11600KF in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-11600KF has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-12400. Also, the Core i5-11600KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-12400 outputs less heat than Core i5-11600KF thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i5-11600KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.