Product Compare

Intel Core i9 7960X vs Intel Core i5 12400

	CPU Intel Core i9 7960X	CPU Intel Core i5 12400
General Parameters
Release Date	Sep 2017	Jan 2022
Manufacturer	Intel	Intel
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Instruction Set	x86-64	x86-64
Core Architecture	Skylake	Alder Lake
Processor Number	i9-7960X	i5-12400
Integrated Graphics	N/A	UHD Graphics 730
Package
Manufacturing Process	14 nm	10 nm
Socket	LGA-2066	LGA-1700
Power Consumption	165 W	65 W
Peak Operating Temperature	98 °C	100°C
Max Turbo Power Consumption		117 W
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	16	6
Performance Core Threads	32	12
Performance Core Base Frequency	2.8 GHz	2.5 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	4.2 GHz	4.4 GHz
Total Core Count	16	6
Total Thread Count	32	12
Bus Frequency	100 MHz	100 MHz
Multiplier	28x	25x
L1 Cache	64 K per core	80 K per core
L2 Cache	1 MB per core	1280 K per core
L3 Cache	22 MB shared	18 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	Yes	No
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR4-2666	DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size	128 GB	128 GB
Max Memory Channels	4	2
Max Memory Bandwidth	79.47 GB/s	76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	No	No
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	3.0	5.0
PCIe Lanes	44	20
Extended Instruction Set	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics		true
GPU Base Frequency		300 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency		1450 MHz
Shader Units		192
Texture Units		48
Raster Operation Units		24
Execution Units		24
Power Consumption		15 W
Max Resolution		3840x2160 - 60 Hz
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core	1099	1647
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	22189	12344
Geekbench 6 Single Core	1313	2244
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	9066	9793
Passmark CPU Single Core	2489	3528
Passmark CPU Multi Core	26917	19439