Intel Core i5-12400F vs Intel Core i5-12500T

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

7069 points
46% significantly better overall score
4814 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9794 points
39% slightly better gaming score
7022 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6210 points
49% significantly better multitasking score
4142 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6009 points
50% significantly better heavy workload score
3986 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

159.61 points
36% slightly higher Blender score
116.85 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9125 points
20% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
7554 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2218 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
2155 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
25% slightly higher clock speed
2 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
35 W
85% 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
Identical
480 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

18 MiB
Identical
18 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

188th of 1,089
365th 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 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Core i5-12400F vs Core i5-12500T benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-12400F is faster than the Core i5-12500T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-12500T in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-12400F has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-12500T. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. The Core i5-12500T 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.

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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