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Intel Core i7-11700F vs Intel Core i5-12400

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 - 97 %

Intel Core i7-11700F

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-12400

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-11700F

Rank 2 - 90 %

Intel Core i5-12400

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.90 GHz

90 pts

6C / 12T · 4.40 GHz

102 pts

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.90 GHz

807 pts

6C / 12T · 4.40 GHz

701 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.90 GHz

1,545 pts

6C / 12T · 4.40 GHz

1,623 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 3.80 GHz

14,327 pts

6C / 12T · 4.00 GHz

12,454 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.90 GHz

2,196

6C / 12T · 4.40 GHz

2,181

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 3.80 GHz

9,387

6C / 12T · 4.00 GHz

8,820

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.90 GHz

589 cb

6C / 12T · 4.40 GHz

664 cb

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

8C / 16T · 4.90 GHz

1,721

6C / 12T · 4.40 GHz

1,647

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 3.80 GHz

5,472 cb

6C / 12T · 4.00 GHz

4,784 cb

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

8C / 16T · 3.80 GHz

9,872

6C / 12T · 4.00 GHz

9,451

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 3.80 GHz

145

6C / 12T · 4.00 GHz

170

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

8C / 16T · 2.50 GHz

5,837

6C / 12T · 2.50 GHz

4,737

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 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Monero Hashrate
94 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-11700F	Intel Core i5-12400
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU group	Intel Core i 11000 (22)	Intel Core i 12000 (34)
Architecture	Rocket Lake S	Alder Lake S
Technology	14 nm	10 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1200	LGA 1700
Predecessor	Intel Core i7-10700F	Intel Core i5-11400
Successor	Intel Core i7-12700F	Intel Core i5-13400

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-11700F	Intel Core i5-12400
CPU Cores / Threads	8 / 16	6 / 12
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	8x	6x Golden Cove
Frequency:	2.50 GHz	2.50 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.90 GHz	4.40 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	3.80 GHz	4.00 GHz
L2-Cache	4.00 MB	7.50 MB
L3-Cache	16.00 MB	18.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-11700F	Intel Core i5-12400
GPU name	no iGPU	Intel UHD Graphics 730
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 i7-11700F	Intel Core i5-12400
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-11700F	Intel Core i5-12400
Memory	DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)	DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory	128 GB	128 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	4.0 x 20	5.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth	39.4 GB/s	78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i7-11700F	Intel Core i5-12400
TDP	65 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)	224 W @ 56 s	117 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-11700F	Intel Core i5-12400
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
Release date	Q1/2021	Q1/2022
Release price	298 $	192 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

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Intel Core i7-11700F
8C / 16T · 2.50 - 4.90 GHz

★★★★★

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

★★★★★