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Intel logo Core i5-12400
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Intel logo Core i7-6900K

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General information Core i5-12400 Core i7-6900K
Launched Q1 2022 Q2 2016
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1700 FCLGA2011-3
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Alder Lake Broadwell-E
Clock 2.5 GHz 21.9 % 3.2 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.4 GHz 0 % 4 GHz 9.1 %
Cores 6 25 % 8 0 %
Threads 12 25 % 16 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 53.6 % 140 W 0 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 128 GB 0 %
Lithography 10 nm 28.6 % 14 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 48 kB Data
8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 1.25 MB
8 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 18 MB
1 × 20 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i5-12400 Core i7-6900K
Overall Score 59515 0 % 55270 7.1 %
Future Proof 86 % 0 % 53 % 38.4 %
Benchmark Score 12546 0 % 9332 25.6 %
Single Thread Score 3524.5 0 % 2323.7 34.1 %
Encrypting Data 11827.2 MB/s 0 % 4032.7 MB/s 65.9 %
Compressing Data 227.2 MB/s 0 % 217.2 MB/s 4.4 %
String objects sorting 22676.9 thousand/s 21.5 % 28898.8 thousand/s 0 %
Prime numbers generation 72.7 millions/s 0 % 63.6 millions/s 12.6 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 60509 millions/s 0 % 51417.6 millions/s 15 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 46802.5 millions/s 0 % 33661 millions/s 28.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-12400, Core i7-6900K.

Average frames per second Core i5-12400 Core i7-6900K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 131.5 FPS 118.9 FPS
High settings 210.4 FPS 190.2 FPS
Medium settings 262.9 FPS 237.7 FPS
Low settings 328.7 FPS 297.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 9.6 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Core i5-12400 Core i7-6900K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 155.3 FPS 147.8 FPS
High settings 248.5 FPS 236.5 FPS
Medium settings 310.7 FPS 295.7 FPS
Low settings 388.4 FPS 369.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 4.8 %
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