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Intel Core i5-12400F vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650

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 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-12400F

Rank 2 - 28 %

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-12400F

Rank 2 - 16 %

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.40 GHz

1,623 pts

4C / 4T · 3.00 GHz

461 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.00 GHz

12,454 pts

4C / 4T · 3.00 GHz

1,742 pts

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

6C / 12T · 4.40 GHz

1,647

4C / 4T · 3.00 GHz

469

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

6C / 12T · 4.00 GHz

9,451

4C / 4T · 3.00 GHz

1,550

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

6C / 12T · 2.50 GHz

4,772

4C / 4T · 3.00 GHz

1,021

More benchmarks

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

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 i5-12400F	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650
Family	Intel Core i5 (336)	Intel Core2 Quad (19)
CPU group	Intel Core i 12000 (34)	Intel Core 2 Quad Q8000/Q9000 (16)
Architecture	Alder Lake S	Yorkfield (Penryn)
Technology	10 nm	45 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1700	LGA 775
Predecessor	Intel Core i5-11400F
Successor	Intel Core i5-13400F

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i5-12400F	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650
CPU Cores / Threads	6 / 12	4 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	6x Golden Cove	4x
Frequency:	2.50 GHz	3.00 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.40 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	4.00 GHz
L2-Cache	7.50 MB	12.00 MB
L3-Cache	18.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i5-12400F	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650
GPU name	no iGPU	no iGPU
GPU frequency
CUs / Shader	/	/
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays
Max. GPU Memory
Technology
Release date

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-12400F	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i5-12400F	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650
Memory	DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)	DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s) DDR2-800 (12.8 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

Wischen	Intel Core i5-12400F	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650
TDP	65 W	95 W
TDP (PL2)	117 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i5-12400F	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650
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, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1
Release date	Q1/2022	Q3/2008
Release price	167 $
Documents	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i5-12400F is 4.2 stars (314 ratings), while Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 has received 4.3 stars (37 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

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

★★★★★

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650
4C / 4T · 3.00 GHz

★★★★★