Intel Core i5-12400F vs Intel Core i5-11500H

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs Intel 11th Generation Core i5 6 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

7079 points
28% slightly better overall score
5529 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9803 points
25% slightly better gaming score
7840 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6222 points
28% slightly better multitasking score
4827 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6020 points
29% slightly better heavy workload score
4665 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

159.61 points
27% slightly higher Blender score
125.39 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9125 points
47% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
6177 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2218 points
24% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1783 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
Identical
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
Identical
12

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
4.6 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
45 W
44% significantly lower TDP

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
576 KiB
20% slightly more L1 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

18 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

199th of 1,124
309th of 1,124

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5
11th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
2021 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
-

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Core i5-12400F vs Core i5-11500H benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-12400F performs better than the Core i5-11500H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-11500H in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-11500H has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-12400F. Also, the Core i5-11500H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-11500H outputs less heat than Core i5-12400F thanks to a significantly 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.

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