Intel Core i7 6700 vs Intel Core i5 12400F

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We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core i7 6700 with 4 cores 3.4GHz and Intel Core i5 12400F with 6 cores 2.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Core i7 6700 's Advantages

Integrated graphics card

Higher base frequency (3.4GHz vs 2.5GHz)

Intel Core i5 12400F 's Advantages

Released 6 years and 4 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR5-4800 vs DDR4-2133)

Larger memory bandwidth (76.8GB/s vs 34.1GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)

Larger L3 cache size (18MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 14nm)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Intel Core i7 6700

1076

Intel Core i5 12400F +53%

1647

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 6700

5018

Intel Core i5 12400F +145%

12344

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i7 6700

1250

Intel Core i5 12400F +84%

2301

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 6700

3667

Intel Core i5 12400F +158%

9475

Blender

Intel Core i7 6700

83

Intel Core i5 12400F +142%

201

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Intel Core i7 6700

1002

Intel Core i5 12400F +62%

1628

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 6700

3915

Intel Core i5 12400F +117%

8519

Passmark CPU Single Core

Intel Core i7 6700

2299

Intel Core i5 12400F +52%

3513

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Intel Core i7 6700

8046

Intel Core i5 12400F +142%

19551

Intel Core i7 6700

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Intel Core i5 12400F

General Parameters

Sep 2015

Release Date

Jan 2022

Intel

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Skylake

Core Architecture

Alder Lake

i7-6700

Processor Number

i5-12400F

LGA-1151

Socket

LGA-1700

HD Graphics 530

Integrated Graphics

No

Package

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

LGA-1151

Socket

LGA-1700

65 W

Power Consumption

65 W

-

Max Turbo Power Consumption

117 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

6

8

Performance Core Threads

12

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.5 GHz

4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.4 GHz

4

Total Core Count

6

8

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

34x

Multiplier

25x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

80 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

1280 K per core

8 MB shared

L3 Cache

18 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600

Memory Types

DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200

64 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

34.1 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

-

1150 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

-

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i7 6700

Official Website

Intel Core i5 12400F

3.0

PCIe Version

5.0

16

PCIe Lanes

20

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

Extended Instruction Set

-

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