Intel Core i5-12400 Alder Lake Budget Desktop CPU With 6 Cores Faster Than AMD Ryzen 5 5600X In Leaked Benchmarks-February 2024-www.yitit.com

The first benchmarks of Intel's Core i5-12400 CPU which will be positioned in the Alder Lake budget desktop segment have leaked out. The performance numbers come from the same leaker who had posted the Core i9-12900K benchmarks at Bilibili a few days ago.

Intel Core i5-12400 Alder Lake CPU Could Become A Budget Segment King, Faster Than AMD Ryzen 5 5600X In Single & Multi-Threaded Benchmarks

Based on the leaked information, we can see that this is a Core i5-12400 Alder Lake CPU by looking at the naming convention in the CPU-z screenshot. The Core i5-12400 rocks 6 cores and 12 threads which means it doesn't feature any E-Cores (Gracemont architecture) and relies fully on the Golden Cove cores. The CPU carries 18 MB of L3 cache (3 MB per core) and has a clock speed of 4.0 GHz on all cores and 4.4 GHz on a single-core.

it looks like the chip being tested is a QS version which is close to the retail Alder Lake CPU units. It is probably tested on the same B660 motherboard which was used to test the Core i9-12900K Alder Lake CPU. As for the platform, we know that B660 motherboards will only feature DDR4 memory so performance will improve with the use of DDR5 memory though recent reports state that 5.6 Gbps and above memory would yield results better than existing DDR4 memory kits.

Intel Core i5-12400 Alder Lake CPU AIDA64 Power / Temperatures Stress Test (Image Credits: Bilibili via HXL):

Before getting into performance, it looks like the Intel Core i5 -12400 CPU, being a 65W chip, has a much better thermal package design as it runs at 60C when all cores are loaded while consuming 78.5W which is much lower than the 250W+ power consumption and 100C+ temperatures on the flagship i9 chip.

Intel Core i5-12400 Alder Lake CPU-z Benchmark (Image Credits: Bilibili via HXL):

Moving over to the benchmarks, the Intel Core i5-12400 scored 681 points in single-core and 4983 points in the multi-core test in CPU-z. Both the single-core and multi-core performance is faster vs AMD's Ryzen 5 5600X and the multi-core performance improves by 18% over its predecessor, the Core i5-11400. The same is seen in Cinebench R20 where the chip scores 4784 points in multi-core and 659 points in single-core benchmarks tests.

Intel Core i5-12400 Alder Lake CPU Cinebench R20 Benchmark (Image Credits: Bilibili via HXL):

Intel Core i5-12400 Alder Lake CPU-z Benchmark (Single-Core)

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Core i9-12900K 827

Core i7-12700K 800

Core i9-11900K 682

Core i5-12400 681

Ryzen 9 5900X 648

Ryzen 9 5950X 647

Core i7-11700K 645

Ryzen 7 5800X 640

Core i5-11600K 633

Ryzen 5 5600X 624

Intel Core i9-12900K Alder Lake CPU-z Benchmark (Multi-Core)

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Ryzen 9 5950X 11.9k

Core i9-12900K 11.5k

Ryzen 9 5900X 9.5k

Core i7-12700K 9.4k

Core i9-11900K 6.6k

Ryzen 7 5800X 6.6k

Core i7-11700K 6.3k

Core i5-12400 5k

Ryzen 5 5600X 4.8k

Core i5-11600K 4.7k

Intel Core i5-12400 Alder Lake Cinebench Benchmark

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Core i9-12900K 768

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Ryzen 9 5950X 650

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Ryzen 9 3950X 530

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Ryzen 9 5900X 640

Core i9-10980XE 496

Ryzen 9 3900X 522

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Core i9-10900K 535

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Core i9-10850K 534

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Core i9-11900K 642

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Ryzen 7 5800X 633

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Core i5-12400 659

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Ryzen 5 5600X 610

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It should be noted that the Intel Core i5-11400 is priced at $182 US MSRP and if the Core i5-12400 falls in the sub-$200 US category too, then we have a highly competitive chip pitted against AMD's Ryzen 5 5600X. The similar priced Intel Core i5-12600KF / Core i5-12600K will offer performance on par or better than the Ryzen 7 5800X. The Core i5 and Ryzen 5 segments are crucial for both chip- makers as they cater to the mass consumer market and it looks like Intel is bringing some heated & much-needed competition this time around with its Core i5-12400 and Core i5-12600 Alder Lake CPUs.

Intel 12th Gen Alder Lake Desktop CPU Specs

CPU Name	P-Core Count	E-Core Count	Total Core / Thread	P-Core Base / Boost (Max)	P-Core Boost (All-Core)	E-Core Base / Boost	E-Core Boost (All-Core)	L3 Cache	TDP (PL1)	TDP (PL2)	Expected (MSRP) Price
Core i9-12900KS	8	8	16 / 24	3.4 / 5.5 GHz	5.2 GHz	2.4 / 3.9 GHz	3.7 GHz	30 MB	150W	260W	$739 US
Core i9-12900K	8	8	16 / 24	3.2 / 5.2 GHz	5.0 GHz	2.4 / 3.9 GHz	3.7 GHz	30 MB	125W	241W	$599 US
Core i9-12900	8	8	16 / 24	2.4 / 5.1 GHz	TBA	1.8 / 3.8 GHz	TBA	30 MB	65W	202W	$489 US $464 US (F)
Core i9-12900T	8	8	16 / 24	1.4 / 4.9 GHz	TBA	1.0 / 3.6 GHz	TBA	30 MB	35W	106W	$489 US
Core i7-12700K	8	4	12 / 20	3.6 / 5.0 GHz	4.7 GHz	2.7 / 3.8 GHz	3.6 GHz	25 MB	125W	190W	$419 US
Core i7-12700	8	4	12 / 20	2.1 / 4.9 GHz	TBA	1.6 / 3.6 GHz	TBA	25 MB	65W	180W	$339 US $314 US (F)
Core i7-12700T	8	4	12 / 20	1.4 / 4.7 GHz	TBA	1.0 / 3.4 GHz	TBA	25 MB	35W	99W	$339 US
Core i5-12600K	6	4	10 / 16	3.7 / 4.9 GHz	4.5 GHz	2.8 / 3.6 GHz	3.4 GHz	20 MB	125W	150W	$299 US
Core i5-12600	6	0	6 / 12	3.3 / 4.8 GHz	4.4 GHz	N/A	N/A	18 MB	65W	117W	$223 US
Core i5-12600T	6	0	6 / 12	2.1 / 4.6 GHz	TBA	N/A	N/A	18 MB	65W	74W	$223 US
Core i5-12490P	6	0	6 / 12	3.0 / 4.6 GHz	TBA	N/A	N/A	20 MB	65W	74W	~$250 US
Core i5-12500	6	0	6 / 12	3.0 / 4.6 GHz	TBA	N/A	N/A	18 MB	65W	117W	$202 US
Core i5-12500T	6	0	6 / 12	2.0 / 4.4 GHz	TBA	N/A	N/A	18 MB	35W	74W	$202 US
Core i5-12400	6	0	6 / 12	2.5 / 4.4 GHz	4.0 GHz	N/A	N/A	18 MB	65W	117W	$192 US $167 US (F)
Core i5-12400T	6	0	6 / 12	1.8 / 4.2 GHz	TBA	N/A	N/A	18 MB	35W	74W	$192 US
Core i3-12300	4	0	4 / 8	3.5 / 4.4 GHz	TBA	N/A	N/A	12 MB	60W	89W	$143 US
Core i3-12300T	4	0	4 / 8	2.3 / 4.2 GHz	TBA	N/A	N/A	12 MB	35W	69W	$143 US
Core i3-12100	4	0	4 / 8	3.3 / 4.3 GHz	TBA	N/A	N/A	12 MB	60W 58W (F)	89W	$122 US $97 US (F)
Core i3-12100T	4	0	4 / 8	2.2 / 4.1 GHz	TBA	N/A	N/A	12 MB	35W	69W	$122 US
Intel Pentium Gold G7400	2	0	2 / 4	3.7 GHz	N/A	N/A	N/A	6 MB	46W	N/A	$64 US
Intel Pentium Gold G7400T	2	0	2 / 4	3.1 GHz	N/A	N/A	N/A	6 MB	35W	N/A	$64 US
Intel Celeron G6900	2	0	2 / 2	3.4 GHz	N/A	N/A	N/A	4 MB	46W	N/A	$42 US
Intel Celeron G6900T	2	0	2 / 2	2.8 GHz	N/A	N/A	N/A	4 MB	35W	N/A	$42 US

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