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Intel Core i5 13400 vs Core 5 120F

53 out of 100
Intel Core i5 13400
VS
52 out of 100
Intel Core 5 120F
Intel Core i5 13400
Intel Core 5 120F

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 13400 with 10-cores against the 2.5 GHz Core 5 120F with 6-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
38.4
(Mediocre)
Value Index
61.6
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 120F and 13400
Advantages of Intel Core i5 13400
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Includes an integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 730
Advantages of Intel Core 5 120F
  • Newer - released 2 years and 6 months later

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i5 13400
vs
Core 5 120F

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Submit your benchmark results

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Core i5 13400 +2%
2402
Core 5 120F
2364
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i5 13400 +11%
10856
Core 5 120F
9805
File compression 755.8 MB/sec -
Clang compilation 89.9 Klines/sec -
HTML 5 Browser 231.6 pages/sec -
PDF Renderer 310 Mpixels/sec -
Text processing 244 pages/sec -
Background blur 52.4 images/sec -
Photo processing 77.8 images/sec -
Ray tracing 20.4 Mpixels/sec -
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 583 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i5 13400
3583
Core 5 120F +1%
3636
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i5 13400 +11%
23893
Core 5 120F
21477
Integer math 79 GOps/sec 66.5 GOps/sec
Floating point math 59.6 GOps/sec 51.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 73M Primes/sec 75M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 31.2M Strings/sec 25.1M Strings/sec
Data encryption 16.1 GBytes/sec 13 GBytes/sec
Data compression 304.9 MBytes/sec 257.2 MBytes/sec
Physics 1229 Frames/sec 1337 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 19.4B Matrices/sec 17.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2026 & 2 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 11.3 PPW 10.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 167 PPW 150.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 367.6 PPW 330.4 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.09 PPW -
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i5 13400
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-04-30 (Vincent Liu)Cinebench 202482 / 777
📘 2025-11-02 (Elyes Boudhina)Cinebench 2024101 / 737
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Intel Core 5 120F
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 13400 and Core 5 120F

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 3, 2023 June 14, 2025
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Bartlett Lake-S
Model number i5-13400 120F
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 730 No
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 7500F -
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 225 -
Intel CPU rating (134th and 138th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 12 12
Base Frequency (P) 2.5 GHz 2.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.5 GHz 4.5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 -
E-Threads 4 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.8 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.4 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 10 6
Total Threads 16 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 25x 25x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache 20MB (shared) 18MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 65 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 154 W -
Socket LGA-1700 LGA-1700
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Desktop CPU ranking (96th and 100th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 730 -
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz -
GPU Boost Clock 1550 MHz -
Shading Units 192 -
TMUs 48 -
ROPs 24 -
Execution Units 24 -
TGP 15 W -
iGPU FLOPS
Core i5 13400
0.6 TFLOPS
Core 5 120F
n/a
See: Intel UHD Graphics 730 benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200		 - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 192 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 76.8 GB/s 76.8 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 13400 official page Intel Core 5 120F official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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Comments

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