Intel Core i5 6400 vs Intel Core i5 12500H
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Sep 2015
Jan 2022
Manufacturer
Intel
Intel
Type
Desktop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Skylake
Alder Lake
Processor Number
i5-6400
i5-12500H
Integrated Graphics
HD Graphics 530
Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
10 nm
Socket
LGA-1151
BGA-1744
Power Consumption
65 W
35-45 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
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95 W
Peak Operating Temperature
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100°C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
4
4
Performance Core Threads
4
8
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.7 GHz
2.5 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.3 GHz
4.5 GHz
Total Core Count
4
12
Total Thread Count
4
16
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
27x
25x
L1 Cache
64 K per core
80 K per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
1280 K per core
L3 Cache
6 MB shared
18 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Efficiency Cores
—
8
Efficiency Core Threads
—
8
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
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1.8 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
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3.3 GHz
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267
Max Memory Size
64 GB
64 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
34.1 GB/s
76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
950 MHz
1300 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
—
300 MHz
Shader Units
—
640
Texture Units
—
40
Raster Operation Units
—
20
Execution Units
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80
Power Consumption
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15 W
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
28
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
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Benchmark
Cinebench R23
898
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Cinebench R23
3,214
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Geekbench 6
1,143
2,214
Geekbench 5
853
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Geekbench 6
3,312
9,079
Geekbench 5
2,805
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Blender
49
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Passmark CPU
1,961
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Passmark CPU
5,151
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.