Ultra 5 115U vs i5-12400F

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Primary details

Comparing Core i5-12400F and Core Ultra 5 115U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking631not rated
Place by popularity2not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation46.21no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Power efficiency17.91no data
Architecture codenameAlder Lake-S (2022)Meteor Lake (2023)
Release date4 January 2022 (2 years ago)14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$180no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Core i5-12400F and Core Ultra 5 115U basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores6 (Hexa-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads1210
Base clock speed2.5 GHz1.5 GHz
Boost clock speed4.4 GHz4.2 GHz
L1 cache80K (per core)112 KB (per core)
L2 cache1.25 MB (per core)2 MB (per core)
L3 cache18 MB (shared)10 MB (shared)
Chip lithographyIntel 7 nm7 nm
Die size163 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-12400F and Core Ultra 5 115U compatibility with other computer components: 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 configuration11
SocketFCLGA1700Intel BGA 2049
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-12400F and Core Ultra 5 115U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2no data
AES-NI++
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX++
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Core i5-12400F and Core Ultra 5 115U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-12400F and Core Ultra 5 115U are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i5-12400F and Core Ultra 5 115U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5-4800, DDR4-3200DDR5 Depends on motherboard
Maximum memory size128 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth76.8 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataArc Xe-LPG 48EU

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-12400F and Core Ultra 5 115U.

PCIe version5.0 and 4.04.0
PCI Express lanes2012

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 January 2022 14 December 2023
Physical cores 6 8
Threads 12 10
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 15 Watt

i5-12400F has 20% more threads.

Ultra 5 115U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, 33.3% more physical cores, and 333.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Core i5-12400F and Core Ultra 5 115U. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Core i5-12400F is a desktop processor while Core Ultra 5 115U is a notebook one.


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