Intel Core i5 8279U vs Intel Core i5 12400F
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
May 2019
Jan 2022
Manufacturer
Intel
Intel
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Coffee Lake
Alder Lake
Processor Number
i5-8279U
i5-12400F
Integrated Graphics
Iris Plus Graphics 655
No
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
10 nm
Socket
BGA-1528
LGA-1700
Power Consumption
28 W
65 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
100°C
Max Turbo Power Consumption
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117 W
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
4
6
Performance Core Threads
8
12
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.4 GHz
2.5 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.1 GHz
4.4 GHz
Total Core Count
4
6
Total Thread Count
8
12
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
24x
25x
L1 Cache
32 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
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size
32 GB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
37.5 GB/s
76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
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GPU Base Frequency
300 MHz
—
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1150 MHz
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Shader Units
384
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Texture Units
48
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Raster Operation Units
6
—
Execution Units
48
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Power Consumption
15 W
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Max Resolution
4096x2304 - 60 Hz
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Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
5.0
PCIe Lanes
16
20
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
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Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,085
1,647
Cinebench R23
4,440
12,344
Geekbench 6
1,313
2,301
Geekbench 5
951
1,628
Geekbench 6
4,465
9,475
Geekbench 5
3,929
8,519
Blender
59
210
Passmark CPU
2,365
3,513
Passmark CPU
7,732
19,551
Cinebench 2024
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102
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.