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Intel Core i5-12400F vs Intel Core i3-8300

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-12400F
Rank 2 - 61 %
Intel Core i3-8300
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-12400F
Rank 2 - 38 %
Intel Core i3-8300
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i5-12400F
6C / 12T · 4.40 GHz
2,197
Intel Core i3-8300
4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
1,296
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i5-12400F
6C / 12T · 4.00 GHz
8,668
Intel Core i3-8300
4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
3,868
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core i5-12400F
6C / 12T · 4.40 GHz
1,647
Intel Core i3-8300
4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
1,040
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i5-12400F
6C / 12T · 4.00 GHz
9,451
Intel Core i3-8300
4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
3,425

More benchmarks

At a glance

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Intel Core i5-12400FIntel Core i3-8300
FamilyIntel Core i5 (336)Intel Core i3 (205)
CPU groupIntel Core i 12000 (34)Intel Core i 8000 (20)
ArchitectureAlder Lake SCoffee Lake S
Technology10 nm14 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketLGA 1700LGA 1151-2
PredecessorIntel Core i5-11400FIntel Core i3-7300
SuccessorIntel Core i5-13400FIntel Core i3-9300

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i5-12400FIntel Core i3-8300
CPU Cores / Threads6 / 124 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 6x Golden Cove 4x
Frequency: 2.50 GHz 3.70 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 4.40 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 4.00 GHz
L2-Cache7.50 MB
L3-Cache18.00 MB6.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i5-12400FIntel Core i3-8300
GPU nameno iGPUIntel UHD Graphics 630
GPU frequency0.35 - 1.15 GHz
CUs / Shader / 24 / 192
Raytracing
Max. displays3
Max. GPU Memory64 GB
Technology14 nm
Release dateQ4/2017

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i5-12400FIntel Core i3-8300
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i5-12400FIntel Core i3-8300
MemoryDDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s)
DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
DDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory128 GB64 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoYes
PCIe5.0 x 203.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth78.8 GB/s15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i5-12400FIntel Core i3-8300
TDP65 W62 W
TDP (PL2)117 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Core i5-12400FIntel Core i3-8300
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, Windows 11, LinuxWindows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release dateQ1/2022Q4/2017
Release price167 $125 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i5-12400F
Intel Core i5-12400F
6C / 12T · 2.50 - 4.40 GHz
Intel Core i3-8300
Intel Core i3-8300
4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

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