Intel Core i7-7700K vs Intel Core i5-12400

Core i7-7700K vs Core i5-12400 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-12400 performs better than the Core i7-7700K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7700K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-12400 has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i7-7700K that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-7700K. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-7700K has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-12400. Also, the Core i7-7700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-12400 outputs less heat than Core i7-7700K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i7-7700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.