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Core i5-12400 vs Core i9-9900KS

Core i5-12400 vs Core i9-9900KS: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Core i5-12400 outperforms Core i9-9900KS on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i5-12400 is 799 days newer than Core i9-9900KS.

Advantages of Core i5-12400

  • Performs up to 3% better in Forza Horizon 4 than Core i9-9900KS - 326 vs 318 FPS
  • Consumes up to 49% less energy than Intel Core i9-9900KS - 65 vs 127 Watts

Advantages of Core i9-9900KS

  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-12400 - 16 vs 12 threads
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Forza Horizon 4

Forza Horizon 4

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

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Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022


FPS

326

100%

Value, €/FPS

€0.4/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 1190 minutes ago

Intel Core i9-9900KS Logo
Core i9-9900KS

Desktop • Oct 28th, 2019


FPS

318

98%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Max

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022

Intel Core i9-9900KS Logo
Core i9-9900KS

Desktop • Oct 28th, 2019

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022


Single-Core

2179

100%

Multi-Core

8847

100%

Intel Core i9-9900KS Logo
Core i9-9900KS

Desktop • Oct 28th, 2019


Single-Core

1780

82%

Multi-Core

8596

97%

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo

Core i5-12400

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Intel Core i9-9900KS Logo

Core i9-9900KS

Jan 4th, 2022
Oct 28th, 2019
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Intel Socket 1700Intel Socket 1151
Desktop
Desktop
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12
16
2.5 GHz
4.0 GHz
4.4 GHz
5.0 GHz
65 W
127 W
10 nm
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25.0x
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UHD Graphics 730UHD 630
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114.41

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446.27

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265.72

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251.35

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309.9

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154.95

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114.41

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117.12

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155.86

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279.28

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375.64

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Core i7-14700F

246.11

Intel Core i9-9900KS Logo
Core i9-9900KS
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288.28

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Core i3-12100F

69.19

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229.73

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390.09

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671.13

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
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129.34

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180.17

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

129.34

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108.01

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

129.34

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251.31

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Core i5-12400

129.34

vs
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Ryzen 7 5700X

130.02

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

129.34

vs
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Ryzen 5 5500

75.09

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

129.34

vs
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166.67

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

129.34

vs
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Logo
Ryzen 7 7800X3D
Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

129.34

vs
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Logo
Ryzen 7 5800X

158.51

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

129.34

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

175.68

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

129.34

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

296.35

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

129.34

vs
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Logo
Ryzen 9 7900X

341.19

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

129.34

vs
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Ryzen 5 5600

104.26

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

129.34

vs
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Ryzen 7 5700

114.41

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

129.34

vs
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Logo
Ryzen 9 7950X

446.27

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

129.34

vs
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Ryzen 9 5900X

265.72

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

129.34

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

251.35

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

129.34

vs
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Ryzen 9 5950X

309.9

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

129.34

vs
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Ryzen 7 5700X3D
Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

129.34

vs
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Ryzen 7 5700G

154.95

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

129.34

vs
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Core i5-13400F

765.76

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

129.34

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

129.56

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

129.34

vs
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Logo
Ryzen 7 3700X

114.41

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

129.34

vs
AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT Logo
Ryzen 5 5600GT

117.12

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

129.34

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

155.86

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

129.34

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

279.28

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

129.34

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

375.64

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

129.34

vs
Intel Core i7-14700F Logo
Core i7-14700F

246.11

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

129.34

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

288.28

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