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Intel Core i5-2400 vs Intel Core i7-12700

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 - 32 %

Intel Core i5-2400

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-12700

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 14 %

Intel Core i5-2400

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-12700

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

615 pts

12C / 20T · 4.90 GHz

1,862 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.10 GHz

2,011 pts

12C / 20T · 4.00 GHz

21,568 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

598

12C / 20T · 4.90 GHz

2,497

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.10 GHz

1,778

12C / 20T · 4.00 GHz

12,448

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

4C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

691

12C / 20T · 4.90 GHz

1,712

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

4C / 4T · 3.10 GHz

2,345

12C / 20T · 4.00 GHz

11,650

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel HD Graphics 2000

106

Intel UHD Graphics 770

768

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

114 cb

12C / 20T · 4.90 GHz

259 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.10 GHz

355 cb

12C / 20T · 4.00 GHz

3,140 cb

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

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

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-2400	Intel Core i7-12700
Family	Intel Core i5 (336)	Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU group	Intel Core i 2000 (28)	Intel Core i 12000 (34)
Architecture	Sandy Bridge S	Alder Lake S
Technology	32 nm	10 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1155	LGA 1700
Predecessor		Intel Core i7-11700
Successor		Intel Core i7-13700

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i5-2400	Intel Core i7-12700
CPU Cores / Threads	4 / 4	12 / 20
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✓
Core architecture	normal	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	4x 3.10 - 3.40 GHz	8x Golden Cove 2.10 - 4.90 GHz
Core Cluster 2:		4x Gracemont 1.60 - 3.60 GHz
L2-Cache		12.00 MB
L3-Cache	6.00 MB	25.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i5-2400	Intel Core i7-12700
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 2000	Intel UHD Graphics 770
GPU frequency	0.85 - 1.10 GHz	0.30 - 1.50 GHz
CUs / Shader	6 / 48	32 / 256
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	2	3
Max. GPU Memory	2 GB	64 GB
Technology	32 nm	10 nm
Release date	Q1/2011	Q4/2021

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-2400	Intel Core i7-12700
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i5-2400	Intel Core i7-12700
Memory	DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)	DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory	32 GB	128 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	Yes
PCIe	2.0 x 16	5.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth	8.0 GB/s	78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i5-2400	Intel Core i7-12700
TDP	95 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)		180 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.		100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i5-2400	Intel Core i7-12700
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
Release date	Q1/2011	Q1/2022
Release price		339 $
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 i5-2400 is 3.7 stars (45 ratings), while Intel Core i7-12700 has received 4.4 stars (94 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i5-2400
4C / 4T · 3.10 - 3.40 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i7-12700
12C / 20T · 2.10 - 4.90 GHz

★★★★★