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Core i5-10400H vs Core i9-12900K

Core i5-10400H vs Core i9-12900K: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Core i9-12900K outperforms Core i5-10400H on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i9-12900K is 581 days newer than Core i5-10400H.

Advantages of Core i5-10400H

  • Consumes up to 64% less energy than Intel Core i9-12900K - 45 vs 125 Watts

Advantages of Core i9-12900K

  • Performs up to 36% better in Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales than Core i5-10400H - 162 vs 119 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-10400H - 24 vs 8 threads
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Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales

Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Very High

Intel Core i5-10400H Logo
Core i5-10400H

Mobile • Apr 2nd, 2020


FPS

119

73%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

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

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021


FPS

162

100%

Value, €/FPS

€2.68/FPS

100%

Price, €

€433.75

100%

FPS and Value Winner

INTEL Core i9-12900K - Vassoio LGA1700 da 3,2 GHz

Buy for 433.75 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 70 minutes ago

Trending Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Very High

Intel Core i5-10400H Logo
Core i5-10400H

Mobile • Apr 2nd, 2020

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

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i5-10400H Logo
Core i5-10400H

Mobile • Apr 2nd, 2020


Single-Core

1368

52%

Multi-Core

3980

26%

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

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021


Single-Core

2620

100%

Multi-Core

15445

100%

Intel Core i5-10400H Logo

Core i5-10400H

vs
Intel Core i9-12900K Logo

Core i9-12900K

Apr 2nd, 2020Release Date
Nov 4th, 2021
Core i5CollectionCore i9
Comet LakeCodenameAlder Lake
Intel BGA 1440SocketIntel Socket 1700
Mobile
Segment
Desktop
4Cores
16
8Threads
24
2.6 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.2 GHz
4.6 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
5.2 GHz
45 W
TDP125 W
14 nmProcess Size
10 nm
26.0xMultiplier
32.0x
UHD GraphicsIntegrated GraphicsUHD Graphics 770
NoOverclockable
Yes

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