Core i5-12400: specs and benchmarks

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Core i5-12400
2022
6 cores / 12 threads, 65 Watt
12.18

Core i5-12400 provides good benchmark performance at 12.18% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.

Summary

Intel started Core i5-12400 sales 4 January 2022. This is an Alder Lake-S architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 6 cores and 12 threads, and is based on Intel 7 manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 4400 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is FCLGA1700 processor with a TDP of 65 Watt. It supports DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200 memory.

Primary details

Core i5-12400 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking641
Place by popularity71
Market segmentDesktop processor
Power efficiency17.73of 100.00 (Ryzen Z1 Extreme)
Architecture codenameAlder Lake-S (2022)
Release date4 January 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads12
Base clock speed2.5 GHzof 4.7 GHz (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed4.4 GHzof 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
L1 cache80K (per core)of 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache1.25 MB (per core)of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P)
L3 cache18 MB (shared)of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithographyIntel 7 nmof 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Die size163 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cof 110 °C (Atom x7-E3950)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility+

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-12400 compatibility with other computer components and devices: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1of 8 (Opteron 842)
SocketFCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)65 Wattof 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Core i5-12400. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI+
AVX+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+
Speed Shift+
Turbo Boost Technology2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology+
TSX+
Idle States+
Thermal Monitoring+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-
Deep Learning Boost+

Security technologies

Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+
EDB+
Secure Key+
OS Guard+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

VT-d+
VT-x+
EPT+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Core i5-12400's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size128 GBof 6 TiB (EPYC 9124)
Max memory channels2of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
Maximum memory bandwidth76.8 GB/sof 460.8 GB/s (EPYC 9124)

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into Core i5-12400.

Integrated graphics cardIntel UHD Graphics 730
Quick Sync Video+
Clear Video HD+
Graphics max frequency1.45 GHz
Execution Units24

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i5-12400's integrated GPU.

Number of displays supported4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i5-12400's integrated GPU, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096 x 2160 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDP5120 x 3200 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i5-12400's integrated GPU, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12
OpenGL4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version5.0 and 4.0
PCI Express lanes20of 128 (EPYC 7551P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Core i5-12400. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

i5-12400 12.18

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

i5-12400 19342

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

i5-12400 2206

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

i5-12400 8853

Gaming performance

Closest competitors

Core i5-12400's performance relative to its closest rivals among desktop CPUs.


Ryzen 5 5500 100.25
Core i5-12400 100

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Core i5-12400 is Ryzen 5 5500, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 4 positions in our ranking.

Here are some closest AMD rivals to Core i5-12400:

Ryzen 5 5600G 102.71
Ryzen 5 5500 100.25
Core i5-12400 100

Similar processors

Here is our recommendation of several processors that are more or less close in performance to the one reviewed.

Recommended GPUs

People consider these graphics cards to be good for Core i5-12400, according to our PC configuration statistics.

These are the fastest graphics cards for Core i5-12400 in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 21055 configurations using Core i5-12400 in our database.

RTX 4090 GeForce RTX 4090
1% (207/21055)
RTX 4080 GeForce RTX 4080
0.09% (18/21055)
RTX 4080 SUPER GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
0.04% (9/21055)
RTX 4070 Ti GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
0.4% (81/21055)
RX 7900 XTX Radeon RX 7900 XTX
0.04% (9/21055)
RTX 4070 SUPER GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
0.3% (70/21055)
RTX 3090 Ti GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
0.2% (34/21055)
RX 7900 XT Radeon RX 7900 XT
0.009% (2/21055)
RX 6950 XT Radeon RX 6950 XT
0.02% (5/21055)

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