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Core i7-3840QM vs Core i5-12400

Core i7-3840QM vs Core i5-12400: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Core i5-12400 outperforms Core i7-3840QM on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i5-12400 is 3410 days newer than Core i7-3840QM.

Advantages of Core i7-3840QM

  • Consumes up to 31% less energy than Intel Core i5-12400 - 45 vs 65 Watts

Advantages of Core i5-12400

  • Performs up to 84% better in Counter-Strike 2 than Core i7-3840QM - 472 vs 257 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-3840QM - 12 vs 8 threads
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Counter-Strike 2

Counter-Strike 2

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Very High

Intel Core i7-3840QM Logo
Core i7-3840QM

Mobile • Sep 3rd, 2012


FPS

257

54%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022


FPS

472

100%

Value, €/FPS

€0.27/FPS

100%

Price, €

€129.34

100%

FPS and Value Winner

Intel Core i5-12400 Desktop Processor 18M Cache, up to 4.40 GHz

Buy for 129.34 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 335 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Very High

Intel Core i7-3840QM Logo
Core i7-3840QM

Mobile • Sep 3rd, 2012

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i7-3840QM Logo
Core i7-3840QM

Mobile • Sep 3rd, 2012


Single-Core

620

28%

Multi-Core

2097

24%

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022


Single-Core

2179

100%

Multi-Core

8847

100%

Intel Core i7-3840QM Logo

Core i7-3840QM

vs
Intel Core i5-12400 Logo

Core i5-12400

Sep 3rd, 2012
Jan 4th, 2022
Core i7Core i5
Ivy BridgeAlder Lake
Intel Socket G2 (988B)Intel Socket 1700
Mobile
Desktop
4
6
8
12
2.8 GHz
2.5 GHz
3.8 GHz
4.4 GHz
45 W
65 W
22 nm
10 nm
28.0x
25.0x
Intel HD 4000UHD Graphics 730
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PCs Using Core i7-3840QM or Core i5-12400

With selected game settings

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