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Intel Core i5-12400 vs Intel Xeon CPU Max 9480

Last updated: 2026-06-04

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

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Intel Core i5-12400

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Intel Xeon CPU Max 9480

Multi-core performance

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Intel Core i5-12400

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Intel Xeon CPU Max 9480

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 (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 Xeon CPU Max 9480
Family	Intel Core i5 (336)	Intel Xeon CPU Max (5)
CPU group	Intel Core i 12000 (34)	Intel Xeon CPU Max 9000 (5)
Architecture	Alder Lake S	Sapphire Rapids
Technology	10 nm	10 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1700	LGA 4677
Predecessor	Intel Core i5-11400
Successor	Intel Core i5-13400

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i5-12400	Intel Xeon CPU Max 9480
CPU Cores / Threads	6 / 12	56 / 112
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	6x Golden Cove	56x
Frequency:	2.50 GHz	1.90 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.40 GHz	3.50 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	4.00 GHz
L2-Cache	7.50 MB
L3-Cache	18.00 MB	112.50 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i5-12400	Intel Xeon CPU Max 9480
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

Wischen	Intel Core i5-12400	Intel Xeon CPU Max 9480
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i5-12400	Intel Xeon CPU Max 9480
Memory	DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)	DDR5-4800 (307.2 GB/s) DDR5-4400 (281.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory	128 GB	4096 GB
Memory channels	2	8
ECC	No	Yes
PCIe	5.0 x 20	5.0 x 80
PCIe Bandwidth	78.8 GB/s	315.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i5-12400	Intel Xeon CPU Max 9480
TDP	65 W	350 W
TDP (PL2)	117 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i5-12400	Intel Xeon CPU Max 9480
Chip design	Monolithic	Chiplet
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Windows, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+	SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
Release date	Q1/2022	Q1/2023
Release price	192 $	12980 $
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 (180 ratings), while Intel Xeon CPU Max 9480 has received 4.6 stars (8 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

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

★★★★★

Intel Xeon CPU Max 9480
56C / 112T · 1.90 - 3.50 GHz

★★★★★