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Intel Core i5-12400 vs Intel Core2 Duo E8300
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Core i5-12400
100 %
6C / 12T · 4.40 GHz
2C / 2T · 2.83 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i5-12400
100 %
6C / 12T · 4.00 GHz
2C / 2T · 2.83 GHz
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Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries
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Cinebench 2026 (MC)
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Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries
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Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries
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Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries
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Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries
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Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
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Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
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Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries
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Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries
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Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries
534 entries
Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries
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PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
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CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries
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V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries
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CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries
140 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-12400 | Intel Core2 Duo E8300 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Core i5 (336) | Intel Core2 Duo (29) |
| CPU group | Intel Core i 12000 (34) | Intel Core 2 Duo E7000/E8000 (14) |
| Architecture | Alder Lake S | Wolfdale (Penryn) |
| Technology | 10 nm | 45 nm |
| Segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Socket | LGA 1700 | LGA 775 |
| Predecessor | Intel Core i5-11400 | |
| Successor | Intel Core i5-13400 |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-12400 | Intel Core2 Duo E8300 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 6 / 12 | 2 / 2 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✓ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 6x Golden Cove | 2x |
| Frequency: | 2.50 GHz | 2.83 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | 4.40 GHz | |
| Turbo (All Cores): | 4.00 GHz | |
| L2-Cache | 7.50 MB | 6.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 18.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✓ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-12400 | Intel Core2 Duo E8300 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Intel UHD Graphics 730 | no iGPU |
| GPU frequency | 0.30 - 1.45 GHz | |
| CUs / Shader | 24 / 192 | / |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 3 | |
| Max. GPU Memory | 64 GB | |
| Technology | 14 nm | |
| Release date | Q1/2021 |
NPU AI performance
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Intel Core i5-12400 | Intel Core2 Duo E8300 |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-12400 | Intel Core2 Duo E8300 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s) | DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s) DDR2-1066 (17.1 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 128 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 5.0 x 20 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 78.8 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Intel Core i5-12400 | Intel Core2 Duo E8300 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 65 W | 65 W |
| TDP (PL2) | 117 W | |
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-12400 | Intel Core2 Duo E8300 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✗ |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux | Windows 10, Linux |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE 4.1 |
| Release date | Q1/2022 | Q1/2008 |
| Release price | 192 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
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