Intel Core i9-10900KF vs Intel Core i5-12400

Core i9-10900KF vs Core i5-12400 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-10900KF is faster than the Core i5-12400. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-12400 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-10900KF has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Core i5-12400 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12400. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-10900KF has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12400. Also, the Core i9-10900KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-12400 outputs less heat than Core i9-10900KF 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 i9-10900KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.