Intel Core i5-12400F vs Intel Core i9-10900X

Core i5-12400F vs Core i9-10900X comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-10900X is faster than the Core i5-12400F. Despite this, the Core i5-12400F has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-10900X has significantly more cores than the Core i5-12400F. Indeed, the Core i9-10900X has 10 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-12400F. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12400F. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-10900X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12400F. Also, the Core i9-10900X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-12400F CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-10900X CPU because of its 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.