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Intel Core i7 11700 vs i5 12400

48 out of 100
Intel Core i7 11700
VS
49 out of 100
Intel Core i5 12400
Intel Core i7 11700
Intel Core i5 12400

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 2.5 GHz Intel Core i7 11700 with 8-cores against the 2.5 GHz i5 12400 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
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
18.3
(Bad)
Value Index
42.6
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 12400 and 11700
Advantages of Intel Core i7 11700
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • More powerful Intel UHD Graphics 750 integrated graphics: 0.7 vs 0.6 TFLOPS
  • 11% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.9 GHz vs 4.4 GHz)
Advantages of Intel Core i5 12400
  • Around 26.8 GB/s (54%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • More modern manufacturing process – 10 versus 14 nanometers
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • Newer - released 9 months later

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 11700
vs
Core i5 12400

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 295
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 1710
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)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 589.1 MB/sec 879.2 MB/sec
Clang compilation 80 Klines/sec 65.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 188.6 pages/sec 223.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 284.1 Mpixels/sec 275.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 206.9 pages/sec 225.9 pages/sec
Background blur 47.9 images/sec 49.5 images/sec
Photo processing 65.3 images/sec 81.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 17.6 Mpixels/sec 15.1 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1026 & 1015 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i7 11700 +9%
20589
Core i5 12400
18816
Integer math 79.3 GOps/sec 58.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math 46.2 GOps/sec 45.9 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 55M Primes/sec 67M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 30.2M Strings/sec 22.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 12.6 GBytes/sec 11.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 262.6 MBytes/sec 228 MBytes/sec
Physics 880 Frames/sec 1090 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 18.2B Matrices/sec 15.5B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 3419 & 6661 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 11700 +3%
172.16
Core i5 12400
166.74

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 11 PPW 9.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 143.5 PPW 150.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 316.8 PPW 289.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.65 PPW 2.57 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 i7 11700
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2025-12-27 (Blikz911)Cinebench 202487 / 750
📘 2024-04-19 (Sotthy)Cinebench 202491 / 714
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Intel Core i5 12400
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-05-24 (MortalMech)Cinebench 2026295 / 1710
📘 2024-06-27 (Renni)Cinebench 202499 / 598
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 11700 and i5 12400

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released March 16, 2021 January 4, 2022
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Rocket Lake Alder Lake
Model number i7-11700 i5-12400
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 750 UHD Graphics 730
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 5800 -
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 265 - Intel Core Ultra 5 225
Intel CPU rating (175th and 164th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 6
P-Threads 16 12
Base Frequency (P) 2.5 GHz 2.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.9 GHz 4.4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 6
Total Threads 16 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 25x 25x
Bus Bandwidth 8 GT/s -
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) 18MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 14 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 65 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) - 117 W
Socket LGA-1200 LGA-1700
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Desktop CPU ranking (118th and 109th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 750 Intel UHD Graphics 730
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1300 MHz 1450 MHz
Shading Units 256 192
TMUs 64 48
ROPs 32 24
Execution Units 32 24
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i7 11700 +17%
0.7 TFLOPS
Core i5 12400
0.6 TFLOPS
More info: UHD Graphics 730 compared to Graphics 750

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200 - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 50 GB/s 76.8 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 11700 official page Intel Core i5 12400 official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

Cast your vote

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Total votes: 222

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Comments

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