CPU Comparison

Intel Core i5 12400F

6C / 12T

2.5 - 4.4 GHz

TDP: 65W

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Intel Core i5 12600K

10C / 16T

3.7 - 4.9 GHz

TDP: 125W

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Benchmark Scores

C23

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Intel Core i5 12400F1,700

Intel Core i5 12600K1,918

Difference: 12.8% (Intel faster)

C23

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i5 12400F12,036

Intel Core i5 12600K17,660

Difference: 46.7% (Intel faster)

C20

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Intel Core i5 12400F664

Intel Core i5 12600K741

Difference: 11.6% (Intel faster)

C20

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i5 12400F4,784

Intel Core i5 12600K6,702

Difference: 40.1% (Intel faster)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Intel Core i5 12400F2,234

Intel Core i5 12600K2,668

Difference: 19.4% (Intel faster)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i5 12400F9,596

Intel Core i5 12600K13,633

Difference: 42.1% (Intel faster)

Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)

Intel Core i5 12400F1,628

Intel Core i5 12600K1,910

Difference: 17.3% (Intel faster)

Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i5 12400F8,519

Intel Core i5 12600K11,565

Difference: 35.8% (Intel faster)

PassMark (Single-Core)

Intel Core i5 12400F3,532

Intel Core i5 12600K3,968

Difference: 12.3% (Intel faster)

PassMark (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i5 12400F19,540

Intel Core i5 12600K27,542

Difference: 41.0% (Intel faster)

Specifications

Cores

Threads

2.5 GHz

Base Frequency

3.7 GHz

4.4 GHz

Boost Frequency

4.9 GHz

65 W

TDP

125 W

LGA-1700

Socket

LGA-1700

Alder Lake-S

Architecture

Alder Lake-S

10nm

Manufacturing

10nm

2022

Release Year

2021

18MB shared

L3 Cache

20MB shared

DDR5-4800

Memory Support

DDR5-4800

128GB

Max Memory

128GB

PCIe Version

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