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Intel Core i7-12700 vs Intel Core i5-9400

Last updated: 2026-06-05

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 i7-12700

Rank 2 - 57 %

Intel Core i5-9400

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-12700

Rank 2 - 34 %

Intel Core i5-9400

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

12C / 20T · 4.90 GHz

1,862 pts

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

1,005 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

12C / 20T · 4.00 GHz

21,568 pts

6C / 6T · 3.90 GHz

5,341 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

12C / 20T · 4.90 GHz

2,497

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

1,346

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

12C / 20T · 4.00 GHz

12,448

6C / 6T · 3.90 GHz

5,164

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

12C / 20T · 4.90 GHz

1,712

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

1,085

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

12C / 20T · 4.00 GHz

11,650

6C / 6T · 3.90 GHz

4,722

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel UHD Graphics 770

768

Intel UHD Graphics 630

403

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
Multi-core performance

12C / 20T · 4.00 GHz

284

6C / 6T · 3.90 GHz

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

12C / 20T · 4.90 GHz

259 cb

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

177 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

12C / 20T · 4.00 GHz

3,140 cb

6C / 6T · 3.90 GHz

987 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

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 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

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 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 i7-12700	Intel Core i5-9400
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU group	Intel Core i 12000 (34)	Intel Core i 9000 (34)
Architecture	Alder Lake S	Coffee Lake S Refresh
Technology	10 nm	14 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1700	LGA 1151-2
Predecessor	Intel Core i7-11700	Intel Core i5-8400
Successor	Intel Core i7-13700	Intel Core i5-10400

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700	Intel Core i5-9400
CPU Cores / Threads	12 / 20	6 / 6
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)	normal
Core Cluster 1:	8x Golden Cove 2.10 - 4.90 GHz	6x 2.90 - 4.10 GHz
Core Cluster 2:	4x Gracemont 1.60 - 3.60 GHz
L2-Cache	12.00 MB
L3-Cache	25.00 MB	9.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700	Intel Core i5-9400
GPU name	Intel UHD Graphics 770	Intel UHD Graphics 630
GPU frequency	0.30 - 1.50 GHz	0.35 - 1.05 GHz
CUs / Shader	32 / 256	24 / 192
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	3
Max. GPU Memory	64 GB	64 GB
Technology	10 nm	14 nm
Release date	Q4/2021	Q4/2017

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700	Intel Core i5-9400
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700	Intel Core i5-9400
Memory	DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)	DDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s)
Max. Memory	128 GB	128 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	Yes	No
PCIe	5.0 x 20	3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	78.8 GB/s	15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700	Intel Core i5-9400
TDP	65 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)	180 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700	Intel Core i5-9400
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, AVX2+	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q1/2022	Q2/2019
Release price	339 $	220 $
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 i7-12700 is 4.4 stars (93 ratings), while Intel Core i5-9400 has received 3.8 stars (41 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

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

★★★★★

Intel Core i5-9400
6C / 6T · 2.90 - 4.10 GHz

★★★★★