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Core i5-8400H vs Core i9-12900KS

Core i5-8400H vs Core i9-12900KS: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Core i9-12900KS outperforms Core i5-8400H on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i9-12900KS is 1464 days newer than Core i5-8400H.

Advantages of Intel Core i5-8400H

  • Consumes up to 70% less energy than Intel Core i9-12900KS - 45 vs 150 Watts

Advantages of Intel Core i9-12900KS

  • Performs up to 41% better in Dirt 5 than Core i5-8400H - 247 vs 175 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8400H - 24 vs 8 threads
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Dirt 5

Dirt 5

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra High

Intel Core i5-8400H Logo
Core i5-8400H

Mobile • Apr 2nd, 2018


FPS

175

70%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

Intel Core i9-12900KS Logo
Core i9-12900KS

Desktop • Apr 5th, 2022


FPS

247

100%

Value, €/FPS

€2.01/FPS

100%

Price, €

€495.47

100%

FPS and Value Winner

Intel Core i9-12900KS processor 30 MB Smart Cache Box

Buy for 495.47 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 100 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra High

Intel Core i5-8400H Logo
Core i5-8400H

Mobile • Apr 2nd, 2018

Intel Core i9-12900KS Logo
Core i9-12900KS

Desktop • Apr 5th, 2022

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i5-8400H Logo
Core i5-8400H

Mobile • Apr 2nd, 2018


Single-Core

1282

47%

Multi-Core

3600

22%

Intel Core i9-12900KS Logo
Core i9-12900KS

Desktop • Apr 5th, 2022


Single-Core

2692

100%

Multi-Core

16223

100%

Intel Core i5-8400H Logo

Intel Core i5-8400H

vs
Intel Core i9-12900KS Logo

Intel Core i9-12900KS

Apr 2nd, 2018Release Date
Apr 5th, 2022
Core i5CollectionCore i9
Coffee LakeCodenameAlder Lake
Intel BGA 1440SocketIntel Socket 1700
Mobile
Segment
Desktop
4Cores
16
8Threads
24
2.5 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.4 GHz
4.2 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
5.2 GHz
45 W
TDP150 W
14 nmProcess Size
10 nm
25.0xMultiplier
34.0x
UHD 630Integrated GraphicsUHD Graphics 770
NoOverclockable
Yes

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