Intel Core i7-10700K vs Intel Core i5-12400F

Core i7-10700K vs Core i5-12400F specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-12400F beats the Core i7-10700K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-10700K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-10700K has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i5-12400F that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12400F. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-10700K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12400F. Also, the Core i7-10700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-12400F outputs less heat than Core i7-10700K 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 i7-10700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.