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Intel Core i5-12400 vs MediaTek Dimensity 900

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

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-12400

Rank 2 - 42 %

MediaTek Dimensity 900

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-12400

Rank 2 - 24 %

MediaTek Dimensity 900

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.40 GHz

2,181

8C / 8T · 2.40 GHz

887

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.00 GHz

8,820

8C / 8T · 2.40 GHz

2,279

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

6C / 12T · 4.40 GHz

1,647

8C / 8T · 2.40 GHz

707

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

6C / 12T · 4.00 GHz

9,451

8C / 8T · 2.40 GHz

2,135

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

AnTuTu 9 Benchmark
90 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	MediaTek Dimensity 900
Family	Intel Core i5 (336)	Mediatek Dimensity (38)
CPU group	Intel Core i 12000 (34)	MediaTek Dimensity 900 (3)
Architecture	Alder Lake S	Cortex-A78 / Cortex-A55
Technology	10 nm	6 nm
Segment	Desktop	Smartphone / Tablet
Socket	LGA 1700
Predecessor	Intel Core i5-11400
Successor	Intel Core i5-13400

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i5-12400	MediaTek Dimensity 900
CPU Cores / Threads	6 / 12	8 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	normal	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	6x Golden Cove 2.50 - 4.40 GHz	2x Cortex-A78 2.40 GHz
Core Cluster 2:		6x Cortex-A55 2.00 GHz
L2-Cache	7.50 MB
L3-Cache	18.00 MB	2.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i5-12400	MediaTek Dimensity 900
GPU name	Intel UHD Graphics 730	ARM Mali-G68 MP4
GPU frequency	0.30 - 1.45 GHz	0.85 GHz
CUs / Shader	24 / 192	4 / 64
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	1
Max. GPU Memory	64 GB
Technology	14 nm	6 nm
Release date	Q1/2021	Q2/2020

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-12400	MediaTek Dimensity 900
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i5-12400	MediaTek Dimensity 900
Memory	DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)	LPDDR5-5500 (44.0 GB/s) LPDDR4X-4266 (34.1 GB/s)
Max. Memory	128 GB	16 GB
Memory channels	2	4
ECC	No	No
PCIe	5.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth	78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i5-12400	MediaTek Dimensity 900
TDP	65 W	10 W
TDP (PL2)	117 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i5-12400	MediaTek Dimensity 900
Chip design	Monolithic	Chiplet
AES-NI	✓	✗
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Android
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
Release date	Q1/2022	Q2/2021
Release price	192 $
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 MediaTek Dimensity 900 has received 4.7 stars (16 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

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

★★★★★

MediaTek Dimensity 900
8C / 8T · 2.40 GHz

★★★★★