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Intel Core i5-12400 vs Intel Core i9-13900

Last updated: 2026-07-04

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 78 %

Intel Core i5-12400

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i9-13900

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 43 %

Intel Core i5-12400

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i9-13900

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.40 GHz

102 pts

24C / 32T · 5.60 GHz

121 pts

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.40 GHz

701 pts

24C / 32T · 5.60 GHz

1,622 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.40 GHz

1,623 pts

24C / 32T · 5.60 GHz

2,165 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.00 GHz

12,454 pts

24C / 32T · 5.30 GHz

32,605 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.40 GHz

2,181

24C / 32T · 5.60 GHz

2,876

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.00 GHz

8,820

24C / 32T · 5.30 GHz

19,752

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.40 GHz

664 cb

24C / 32T · 5.60 GHz

872 cb

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.40 GHz

1,647

24C / 32T · 5.60 GHz

2,130

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.00 GHz

4,784 cb

24C / 32T · 5.30 GHz

12,375 cb

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.00 GHz

9,451

24C / 32T · 5.30 GHz

19,422

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel UHD Graphics 730

557

Intel UHD Graphics 770

846

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 12T · 2.50 GHz

4,737

24C / 32T · 2.00 GHz

10,062

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries

Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-12400	Intel Core i9-13900
Family	Intel Core i5 (336)	Intel Core i9 (81)
CPU group	Intel Core i 12000 (34)	Intel Core i 13000 (18)
Architecture	Alder Lake S	Raptor Lake S
Technology	10 nm	10 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1700	LGA 1700
Predecessor	Intel Core i5-11400	Intel Core i9-12900
Successor	Intel Core i5-13400	Intel Core i9-14900

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i5-12400	Intel Core i9-13900
CPU Cores / Threads	6 / 12	24 / 32
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	6x Golden Cove 2.50 - 4.40 GHz	8x Raptor Cove 2.00 - 5.60 GHz
Core Cluster 2:		16x Gracemont 1.50 - 4.20 GHz
L2-Cache	7.50 MB	32.00 MB
L3-Cache	18.00 MB	36.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i5-12400	Intel Core i9-13900
GPU name	Intel UHD Graphics 730	Intel UHD Graphics 770
GPU frequency	0.30 - 1.45 GHz	0.30 - 1.65 GHz
CUs / Shader	24 / 192	32 / 256
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	3
Max. GPU Memory	64 GB	64 GB
Technology	14 nm	10 nm
Release date	Q1/2021	Q4/2021

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-12400	Intel Core i9-13900
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i5-12400	Intel Core i9-13900
Memory	DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)	DDR5-5600 (89.6 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory	128 GB	192 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	Yes
PCIe	5.0 x 20	5.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth	78.8 GB/s	78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i5-12400	Intel Core i9-13900
TDP	65 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)	117 W	219 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i5-12400	Intel Core i9-13900
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
Release date	Q1/2022	Q1/2023
Release price	192 $	549 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i5-12400 is 4.4 stars (181 ratings), while Intel Core i9-13900 has received 3.7 stars (30 ratings).

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Intel Core i5-12400
6C / 12T · 2.50 - 4.40 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i9-13900
24C / 32T · 2.00 - 5.60 GHz

★★★★★