Intel Core i5-10500E vs Intel Core i5-12400F

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i5-10500E CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i5-12400F
Intel Core i5-10500E Intel Core i5-12400F

CPU comparison

Intel Core i5-10500E or Intel Core i5-12400F - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Intel Core i5-10500E has 6 cores with 12 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.20 GHz. Up to 128 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-10500E was released in Q2/2020.

The Intel Core i5-12400F has 6 cores with 12 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.40 GHz. The CPU supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-12400F was released in Q1/2022.
Intel Core i5 Family Intel Core i5
Intel Core i 10000 CPU group Intel Core i 12000
10 Generation 12
Comet Lake S Architecture Alder Lake S
Desktop / Server Segment Desktop / Server
Intel Core i5-9500 Predecessor Intel Core i5-11400F
-- Successor Intel Core i5-13400F

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

In addition to the number of CPU cores and threads, you can see here whether the Intel Core i5-10500E or Intel Core i5-12400F can be overclocked. You will also find the clock frequencies of the processor (single-core and multi-core) here. The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor.

6 Cores 6
12 Threads 12
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
3.10 GHz Frequency 2.50 GHz
4.20 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 4.40 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 4.00 GHz

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i5-10500E or Intel Core i5-12400F has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die. A processor with integrated graphics is also called APU (Accelerated Processing Unit).

Intel UHD Graphics 630 GPU no iGPU
0.35 GHz GPU frequency
1.15 GHz GPU (Turbo)
9.5 GPU Generation
14 nm Technology
3 Max. displays
24 Execution units
192 Shader
64 GB Max. GPU Memory
12 DirectX Version

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the processor. The memory bandwidth depends on several factors and is given in gigabytes per second.

DDR4-2666 Memory DDR4-3200, DDR5-4800
128 GB Max. Memory 128 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
45.8 GB/s Bandwidth 76.8 GB/s
No ECC No
L2 Cache 7.50 MB
12.00 MB L3 Cache 18.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 5.0
16 PCIe lanes 20

Thermal Management

The Thermal Design Power (TDP for short) specifies the necessary cooling solution to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually only gives a rough idea of the real consumption of a CPU.

65 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 65 W
-- TDP (PL2) 117 W
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

Here you will find information on the size of the level 2 and level 3 cache of the Intel Core i5-10500E or Intel Core i5-12400F as well as a list of the processors ISA extensions. We have documented the architecture and the manufacturing technology for you as well as the release date.

14 nm Technology 10 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
LGA 1200 Socket LGA 1700
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q2/2020 Release date Q1/2022
195 $ Release price 167 $
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Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.

Intel Core i5-10500E Intel Core i5-10500E
6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-12400F Intel Core i5-12400F
6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz
1623 (100%)
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Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.

Intel Core i5-10500E Intel Core i5-10500E
6C 12T @ 3.10 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-12400F Intel Core i5-12400F
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
12454 (100%)
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Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.

Intel Core i5-10500E Intel Core i5-10500E
6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-12400F Intel Core i5-12400F
6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz
664 (100%)
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Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.

Intel Core i5-10500E Intel Core i5-10500E
6C 12T @ 3.10 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-12400F Intel Core i5-12400F
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
4784 (100%)
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Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.

Intel Core i5-10500E Intel Core i5-10500E
6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-12400F Intel Core i5-12400F
6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz
2197 (100%)
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Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.

Intel Core i5-10500E Intel Core i5-10500E
6C 12T @ 3.10 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-12400F Intel Core i5-12400F
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
8668 (100%)
Show all Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core) results



Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.

Intel Core i5-10500E Intel Core i5-10500E
6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz
1062 (64%)
Intel Core i5-12400F Intel Core i5-12400F
6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz
1647 (100%)
Show all Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core) results



Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.

Intel Core i5-10500E Intel Core i5-10500E
6C 12T @ 3.10 GHz
5520 (58%)
Intel Core i5-12400F Intel Core i5-12400F
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
9451 (100%)
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iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.

Intel Core i5-10500E Intel Core i5-10500E
Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.15 GHz
442 (100%)
Intel Core i5-12400F Intel Core i5-12400F
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
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Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.

Intel Core i5-10500E Intel Core i5-10500E
6C 12T @ 3.10 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-12400F Intel Core i5-12400F
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
170 (100%)
Show all Blender 3.1 Benchmark results



Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.

Intel Core i5-10500E Intel Core i5-10500E
6C 12T @ 3.10 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-12400F Intel Core i5-12400F
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
19796 (100%)
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CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.

Intel Core i5-10500E Intel Core i5-10500E
6C 12T @ 3.10 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-12400F Intel Core i5-12400F
6C 12T @ 2.50 GHz
4772 (100%)
Show all CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core) results



V-Ray CPU-Render Benchmark

V-Ray is a 3D rendering software from the manufacturer Chaos for designers and artists. Unlike many other render engines, V-Ray is capable of so-called hybrid rendering, in which the CPU and GPU work together at the same time.

However, the CPU benchmark we used (CPU Render Mode) only uses the system's processor. The working memory used plays a major role in the V-Ray benchmark. For our benchmarks we use the fastest RAM standard approved by the manufacturer (without overclocking).

Due to the high compatibility of V-Ray (including Autodesk 3ds Max, Maya, Cinema 4D, SketchUp, Unreal Engine and Blender), it is a frequently used software. With V-Ray, for example, photorealistic images can be rendered that laypeople cannot distinguish from normal photos.

Intel Core i5-10500E Intel Core i5-10500E
6C 12T @ 3.10 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-12400F Intel Core i5-12400F
6C 12T @ 2.50 GHz
8640 (100%)
Show all V-Ray CPU-Render Benchmark results



Devices using this processor

Intel Core i5-10500E Intel Core i5-12400F
Unknown Unknown

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