Intel Core i5-12400 vs Intel Core Ultra 9 285H

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 16 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7038 points
7431 points
5% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9694 points
9839 points
1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6210 points
6707 points
8% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6013 points
6519 points
8% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5938 points
10239 points
72% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

164.62 points
234.24 points
42% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8875 points
14785 points
66% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2207 points
2607 points
18% 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
16
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
2.9 GHz
16% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
5.4 GHz
22% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
28
40% slightly more pcie lanes

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

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

18 MiB
24 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

196th of 1,099
173rd of 1,099

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5-8400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Core i5-12400 vs Core Ultra 9 285H comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-12400 is faster than the Core Ultra 9 285H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 9 285H in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 9 285H has significantly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Core i5-12400 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12400. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core Ultra 9 285H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12400. Also, the Core Ultra 9 285H has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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.

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