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Core i5-9400F vs Core i5-12400

Core i5-9400F vs Core i5-12400: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

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FPS Winner

Core i5-12400

2.5 GHz | 6-core

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Aufrüst-Kit Intel Core i5-12400, Gigabyte B760M, be Quiet! Dark Rock 4 Kühler, ohne Arbeitsspeicher, komplett fertig montiert und getestet

Buy for 339 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 317 minutes ago

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FPS Winner

Core i5-12400

2.5 GHz | 6-core

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Aufrüst-Kit Intel Core i5-12400, Gigabyte B760M, be Quiet! Dark Rock 4 Kühler, ohne Arbeitsspeicher, komplett fertig montiert und getestet

Buy for 339 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 317 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — Core i5-12400 outperforms Core i5-9400F on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i5-12400 is 1092 days newer than Core i5-9400F.

Advantages of Core i5-12400

  • Performs up to 7% better in Deathloop than Core i5-9400F - 189 vs 177 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-9400F - 12 vs 6 threads
  • Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i5-9400F doesn't have integrated graphics
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Deathloop

Deathloop

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i5-9400F Logo
Core i5-9400F

Desktop • Jan 8th, 2019


FPS

177

94%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022


FPS

189

100%

Value, €/FPS

€1.79/FPS

100%

Price, €

€339

100%

FPS and Value Winner

Aufrüst-Kit Intel Core i5-12400, Gigabyte B760M, be Quiet! Dark Rock 4 Kühler, ohne Arbeitsspeicher, komplett fertig montiert und getestet

Buy for 339 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 317 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i5-9400F Logo
Core i5-9400F

Desktop • Jan 8th, 2019

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i5-9400F Logo
Core i5-9400F

Desktop • Jan 8th, 2019


Single-Core

1378

63%

Multi-Core

4834

55%

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022


Single-Core

2179

100%

Multi-Core

8847

100%

Intel Core i5-9400F Logo

Core i5-9400F

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Intel Core i5-12400 Logo

Core i5-12400

Jan 8th, 2019Release Date
Jan 4th, 2022
Core i5CollectionCore i5
Coffee LakeCodenameAlder Lake
Intel Socket 1151SocketIntel Socket 1700
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
6Cores6
6Threads
12
2.9 GHz
Base Clock Speed2.5 GHz
4.1 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
4.4 GHz
65 WTDP65 W
14 nmProcess Size
10 nm
29.0x
Multiplier25.0x
NoneIntegrated Graphics
UHD Graphics 730
NoOverclockableNo

PCs Using Core i5-9400F or Core i5-12400

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Core i5-9400F and Core i5-12400 Popular Comparisons

Compare 2 Processors in Games

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

339

vs
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Logo
Ryzen 7 7800X3D

489

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

339

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Ryzen 5 7600X

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

339

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AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Logo
Ryzen 5 5600X

319

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

339

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AMD Ryzen 7 5700X Logo
Ryzen 7 5700X

167.92

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

339

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AMD Ryzen 5 5500 Logo
Ryzen 5 5500

85.91

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

339

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AMD Ryzen 7 7700X Logo
Ryzen 7 7700X

342

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

339

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AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Logo
Ryzen 7 5800X

339

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

339

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AMD Ryzen 5 7600 Logo
Ryzen 5 7600

198.8

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

339

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Core i7-12700K

251.49

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

339

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Intel Core i7-14700K Logo
Core i7-14700K

394.2

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

339

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AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Logo
Ryzen 5 5600

122.9

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

339

vs
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Logo
Ryzen 9 7900X

382.89

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

339

vs
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Logo
Ryzen 9 5900X

489

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

339

vs
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Logo
Ryzen 9 5950X

1,014.5

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

339

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Intel Core i9-12900K Logo
Core i9-12900K

493.5

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

339

vs
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G Logo
Ryzen 7 5700G

171.73

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

339

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Intel Core i9-12900KF Logo
Core i9-12900KF

414.73

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

339

vs
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Logo
Ryzen 9 7950X

774.55

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

339

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Intel Core i5-12600KF Logo
Core i5-12600KF

202.51

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

339

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AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Logo
Ryzen 7 3700X

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

339

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AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT Logo
Ryzen 5 5600GT

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

339

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Intel Core i5-13400F Logo
Core i5-13400F

148.1

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

339

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Intel Core i5-12600K Logo
Core i5-12600K

199.76

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

339

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Intel Core i9-14900KF Logo
Core i9-14900KF

472.75

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

339

vs
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Logo
Ryzen 9 7950X3D

1,169

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

339

vs
Intel Core i7-14700KF Logo
Core i7-14700KF

374.09

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

339

vs
Intel Core i7-13700K Logo
Core i7-13700K

392.14

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

339

vs
Intel Core i7-12700KF Logo
Core i7-12700KF

248

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

339

vs
Intel Core i9-14900K Logo
Core i9-14900K

495.38

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

339

vs
AMD Ryzen 5 4500 Logo
Ryzen 5 4500

63.99

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

339

vs
AMD Ryzen 7 8700G Logo
Ryzen 7 8700G

639

Intel Core i5-9400F Logo
Core i5-9400F

vs
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Logo
Ryzen 7 7800X3D

489

Intel Core i5-9400F Logo
Core i5-9400F

vs
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X Logo
Ryzen 5 7600X

Intel Core i5-9400F Logo
Core i5-9400F

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AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Logo
Ryzen 5 5600X

319

Intel Core i5-9400F Logo
Core i5-9400F

vs
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X Logo
Ryzen 7 5700X

167.92

Intel Core i5-9400F Logo
Core i5-9400F

vs
AMD Ryzen 5 5500 Logo
Ryzen 5 5500

85.91

Intel Core i5-9400F Logo
Core i5-9400F

vs
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X Logo
Ryzen 7 7700X

342

Intel Core i5-9400F Logo
Core i5-9400F

vs
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Logo
Ryzen 7 5800X

339

Intel Core i5-9400F Logo
Core i5-9400F

vs
AMD Ryzen 5 7600 Logo
Ryzen 5 7600

198.8

Intel Core i5-9400F Logo
Core i5-9400F

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Intel Core i7-12700K Logo
Core i7-12700K

251.49

Intel Core i5-9400F Logo
Core i5-9400F

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Intel Core i7-14700K Logo
Core i7-14700K

394.2

Intel Core i5-9400F Logo
Core i5-9400F

vs
AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Logo
Ryzen 5 5600

122.9

Intel Core i5-9400F Logo
Core i5-9400F

vs
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Logo
Ryzen 9 7900X

382.89

Intel Core i5-9400F Logo
Core i5-9400F

vs
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Logo
Ryzen 9 5900X

489

Intel Core i5-9400F Logo
Core i5-9400F

vs
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Logo
Ryzen 9 5950X

1,014.5

Intel Core i5-9400F Logo
Core i5-9400F

vs
Intel Core i9-12900K Logo
Core i9-12900K

493.5

Intel Core i5-9400F Logo
Core i5-9400F

vs
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G Logo
Ryzen 7 5700G

171.73

Intel Core i5-9400F Logo
Core i5-9400F

vs
Intel Core i9-12900KF Logo
Core i9-12900KF

414.73

Intel Core i5-9400F Logo
Core i5-9400F

vs
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Logo
Ryzen 9 7950X

774.55

Intel Core i5-9400F Logo
Core i5-9400F

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Intel Core i5-12600KF Logo
Core i5-12600KF

202.51

Intel Core i5-9400F Logo
Core i5-9400F

vs
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Logo
Ryzen 7 3700X

Intel Core i5-9400F Logo
Core i5-9400F

vs
AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT Logo
Ryzen 5 5600GT

Intel Core i5-9400F Logo
Core i5-9400F

vs
Intel Core i5-13400F Logo
Core i5-13400F

148.1

Intel Core i5-9400F Logo
Core i5-9400F

vs
Intel Core i5-12600K Logo
Core i5-12600K

199.76

Intel Core i5-9400F Logo
Core i5-9400F

vs
Intel Core i9-14900KF Logo
Core i9-14900KF

472.75

Intel Core i5-9400F Logo
Core i5-9400F

vs
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Logo
Ryzen 9 7950X3D

1,169

Intel Core i5-9400F Logo
Core i5-9400F

vs
Intel Core i7-14700KF Logo
Core i7-14700KF

374.09

Intel Core i5-9400F Logo
Core i5-9400F

vs
Intel Core i7-13700K Logo
Core i7-13700K

392.14

Intel Core i5-9400F Logo
Core i5-9400F

vs
Intel Core i7-12700KF Logo
Core i7-12700KF

248

Intel Core i5-9400F Logo
Core i5-9400F

vs
Intel Core i9-14900K Logo
Core i9-14900K

495.38

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