Intel Core i7-8086K vs Intel Core i5-12400F

Core i7-8086K vs Core i5-12400F benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-12400F beats the Core i7-8086K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-8086K in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-8086K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12400F. Also, the Core i7-8086K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-12400F outputs less heat than Core i7-8086K thanks to a 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 i7-8086K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.