Intel Core i5-12400F vs Intel Core i3-550

Core i5-12400F vs Core i3-550 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-12400F is faster than the Core i3-550. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-550 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-12400F has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i3-550 has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-550. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-550 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-12400F. A Core i5-12400F CPU outputs less heat than a Core i3-550 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. 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 i5-12400F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.