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

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i5 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i5-12400F

Price

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$ 153.99

$ 26.00 slightly less expensive

$ 179.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7038 points

7069 points

0.44% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9694 points

9794 points

1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6210 points

Identical

6210 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6013 points

0.07% slightly better heavy workload score

6009 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5938 points

5946 points

0.13% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

164.62 points

3% slightly higher Blender score

159.61 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8911 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

8804 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2130 points

2154 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8875 points

9125 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2207 points

2218 points

0.50% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz

Identical

2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz

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4.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

Identical

65 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

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128 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

480 KiB

Identical

480 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

18 MiB

Identical

18 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

190th of 1,089

188th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Core i5-12400 vs Core i5-12400F benchmarks

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

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Both the Core i5-12400 and Core i5-12400F have the same clock speed. In addition, both chips have the same 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 i5-12400 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.