Intel Core i5-12400F vs Intel Core i7-11850H

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs Intel 11th Generation Core i7 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
22% slightly better overall score
5771 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9794 points
26% slightly better gaming score
7728 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6210 points
19% slightly better multitasking score
5178 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6009 points
19% slightly better heavy workload score
5048 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

159.61 points
8% slightly higher Blender score
147.63 points
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

12380 points
3% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score
11935 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9125 points
16% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
7819 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2218 points
16% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1911 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
8
33% slightly 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
Identical
2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
4.8 GHz
9% 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
768 KiB
60% significantly more L1 cache

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

188th of 1,089
272nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5
11th Generation Core i7

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 i7-11850H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-12400F beats the Core i7-11850H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-11850H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-11850H has slightly more cores than the Core i5-12400F. Indeed, the Core i7-11850H has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-12400F. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12400F. According to our data, the Core i5-12400F and Core i7-11850H have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core i7-11850H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-11850H 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.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i5-12400F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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