Intel BX8071512400

Core i5-12400

▲ Core i5-12400
BENCHMARKS (8,984)
MKT (0.5%)
BUILDS
(3)
BUY • $183

Effective Speed -5%Effective Speed -5%Average Score -6%Memory -2%, 1-Core -2%, 2-Core -4%, 4-Core -7%, 8-Core -13%Overclocked Score -7%1-Core -2%, 2-Core -4%, 4-Core -7%, 8-Core -18%, Memory -2%Value & Sentiment -15%User Rating -6%, Market Share -96%, Price 43%, Value 1%Nice To Haves -11%TDP 45%, Cores -59%, Threads -26%, Lithography 2%, Base Clock -36%, Turbo Clock -9%, 64-Core -46%, 64-Core -41%, Age 73%

Average Bench: 98.3% (55^th of 1385)

Based on 8,984 user benchmarks. Devices: BFEBFBFF00090675, BFEBFBFF00090672 Model: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-12400

Poor: 91%Average: 98.3% Great: 106%

Gaming 98%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 102%

UFO

Workstation 92%

Nuclear submarine

Popular builds with this CPU

Excellent average bench

The Intel Core i5-12400 averaged just 1.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Intel Core i5-12400 near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Single Core Speed 173Pts

Avg. Dual Core Speed 331Pts

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Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Core i5-12400 is just 15.2%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Intel Core i5-12400 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 1,185Pts

Avg. Memory Latency 82Pts

Average Bench

(Based on 8,984 samples)

Rank 5598.3%

Min	Avg	Max
73.1	Memory 82	91.6
165	1-Core 173	182
301	2-Core 331	353
104% 195 Pts

Min	Avg	Max
543	4-Core 615	672
923	8-Core 970	1,018
97.6% 793 Pts

Min	Avg	Max
1,140	64-Core 1,185	1,222
73.4% 1,185 Pts

User Benchmarks

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The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

CAN-User, 2 hrs ago.Core i5-12400,

U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads

Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)

99.8% Outstanding

Memory 74.9

1-Core 168

2-Core 336

101% 193 Pts

4-Core 668

8-Core 1,000

104% 834 Pts

64-Core 1,224

76% 1,224 Pts

SWE-User, 2 hrs ago.Core i5-12400,

U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads

Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)

98.4% Outstanding

Memory 79.2

1-Core 168

2-Core 317

100% 188 Pts

4-Core 631

8-Core 953

98% 792 Pts

64-Core 1,197

74% 1,197 Pts

ESP-User, 1 hr ago.Core i5-12400,

U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads

Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)

96% Outstanding

Memory 82.1

1-Core 176

2-Core 335

105% 198 Pts

4-Core 588

8-Core 1,005

97% 797 Pts

64-Core 1,228

76% 1,228 Pts

AUS-User, 1 hr ago.Core i5-12400,

U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads

Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)

95.2% Outstanding

Memory 79.4

1-Core 180

2-Core 310

102% 190 Pts

4-Core 595

8-Core 1,000

97% 798 Pts

64-Core 1,193

74% 1,193 Pts

USA-User, 2 hrs ago.Core i5-12400,

U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads

Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)

85.6% Excellent

Memory 75.7

1-Core 167

2-Core 293

96% 179 Pts

4-Core 512

8-Core 906

86% 709 Pts

64-Core 1,096

68% 1,096 Pts

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Gaming 102%

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Desktop 103%

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Workstation 96%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte B660M DS3H DDR4 - $120

CPU
Core i5-12400Intel $183Bench 98%, 8,984 samples	671x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $325Bench 100%, 301,333 samples	572x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $450Bench 129%, 322,253 samples	529x
RTX 3070Nvidia $568Bench 148%, 562,666 samples	286x

SSD
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 259%, 105,760 samples	209x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $59Bench 226%, 43,746 samples	157x
SNVS500G 500GBKingstonBench 192%, 29,613 samples	125x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $49Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	234x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 89%, 26,507 samples	218x
Group Inc TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBTeamBench 94%, 15,498 samples	124x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $775

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12th generation Alder Lake processor...

Added 13 months ago.

USA-User

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Terrible (edit your comment) Add link

5 days ago.

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Just awesome in this price range... —Sep '22

BLR-User

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1,642

Excellent

1 month ago.

Got it yesterday and alrdy top1 world bench, lmaoed 3

arvinjason

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Good

2 months ago.

I originally wanted an i5-12600 but unfortunately, it was not available so I settled for a 12400. It's really affordable and the performance is great.

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $302	Nvidia RTX 3060 $325	Crucial MX500 250GB $37
Intel Core i3-12100F $98	Nvidia RTX 4070-Ti $800	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $106
Intel Core i5-12400F $163	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $450	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $50	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $49	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $417	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Intel BX8071512400

Core i5-12400

Average Bench: 98.3% (55^th of 1385)

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Intel BX8071512400

Core i5-12400

Average Bench: 98.3% (55th of 1385)

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Excellent average bench

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Very good consistency

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Average Bench

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Motherboard: Gigabyte B660M DS3H DDR4 - $120

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