Intel Core i5-12400F vs Intel Core Ultra 7 265

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 20 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

7070 points

12915 points

82% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9795 points

14555 points

48% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6211 points

12400 points

99% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6010 points

12288 points

104% significantly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

159.61 points

339.56 points

112% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

233% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

66% significantly more threads

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

5.3 GHz

20% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

256 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

18 MiB

30 MiB

66% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

196th of 1,107

42nd of 1,107

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5

Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February

2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

DDR5-6400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i5-12400F vs Core Ultra 7 265 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 7 265 performs better than the Core i5-12400F. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-12400F in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 7 265 has significantly more cores with 20 cores whereas the Core i5-12400F has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12400F. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-12400F has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 7 265. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 265 has a slightly higher turbo speed.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-12400F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.