Intel Core i5-12400F vs Intel Core i5-12450HX

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i5 8 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

7069 points
19% slightly better overall score
5938 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9794 points
17% slightly better gaming score
8351 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6210 points
18% slightly better multitasking score
5219 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6009 points
18% slightly better heavy workload score
5059 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

159.61 points
21% slightly higher Blender score
131.60 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
Identical
12

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
Identical
4.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
55 W
18% slightly 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
640 KiB
33% 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

188th of 1,089
255th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5
12th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
2022 May

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

-
No

Core i5-12400F vs Core i5-12450HX benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-12400F is faster than the Core i5-12450HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-12450HX in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-12450HX has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i5-12400F that has 6 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-12400F has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12450HX. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. The Core i5-12450HX outputs less heat than Core i5-12400F thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i5-12400F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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