Intel Core i5-12400F vs Intel Core i9-7900X

Core i5-12400F vs Core i9-7900X comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-12400F performs better than the Core i9-7900X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-7900X in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-7900X has significantly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Core i5-12400F that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12400F. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-7900X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12400F. Despite this, the Core i5-12400F has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-12400F CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-7900X CPU because of its 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.