Intel Core i5 8400 vs Intel Core i3 12100F
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2017
Jan 2022
Manufacturer
Intel
Intel
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Coffee Lake
Alder Lake-S
Processor Number
i5-8400
i3-12100F
Integrated Graphics
UHD Graphics 630
N/A
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
10 nm
Socket
LGA-1151
LGA-1700
Power Consumption
65 W
58 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
100 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
6
4
Performance Core Threads
6
8
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.8 GHz
3.3 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4 GHz
4.3 GHz
Total Core Count
6
4
Total Thread Count
6
8
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
28x
33x
L1 Cache
64 K per core
80 K per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
1280 K per core
L3 Cache
9 MB shared
12 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2666
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size
128 GB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
41.6 GB/s
76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
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GPU Base Frequency
350 MHz
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GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1050 MHz
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Shader Units
192
—
Texture Units
24
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Raster Operation Units
3
—
Execution Units
24
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Power Consumption
15 W
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Max Resolution
4096x2304 - 60 Hz
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Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
5.0
PCIe Lanes
16
20
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
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Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,026
1,636
Cinebench R23
5,798
8,443
Geekbench 6
1,298
2,168
Geekbench 5
1,032
1,666
Geekbench 6
4,677
7,195
Geekbench 5
4,611
6,314
Blender
83
125
Passmark CPU
2,387
3,477
Passmark CPU
9,214
14,269
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.