Intel Core i5-12400 vs Intel Core i9-12900

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7038 points
11471 points
62% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9694 points
13241 points
36% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6210 points
10915 points
75% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6013 points
10835 points
80% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5938 points
10922 points
83% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

164.62 points
281.66 points
71% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8911 points
12908 points
44% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2130 points
2392 points
12% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8875 points
13170 points
48% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2207 points
2513 points
13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
16
166% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
24
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
4% slightly higher clock speed
2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
5.1 GHz
15% slightly higher turbo speed

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

20
Identical
20

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
Identical
128 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

480 KiB
1280 KiB
166% significantly more L1 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

18 MiB
30 MiB
66% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

200th of 1,121
64th of 1,121

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5
12th Generation Core i9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

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