Intel Core i9 7980XE vs Intel Core i5 12400F
CPU · Specs Compare
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
i9-7980XE
i5-12400F
Integrated Graphics
N/A
No
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
10 nm
Socket
LGA-2066
LGA-1700
Power Consumption
165 W
65 W
Peak Operating Temperature
94 °C
100°C
Max Turbo Power Consumption
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117 W
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
18
6
Performance Core Threads
36
12
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.6 GHz
2.5 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.2 GHz
4.4 GHz
Total Core Count
18
6
Total Thread Count
36
12
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
26x
25x
L1 Cache
64 K per core
80 K per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
1280 K per core
L3 Cache
25 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
PCIe Version
3.0
5.0
PCIe Lanes
44
20
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512
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Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,263
1,647
Cinebench R23
28,196
12,344
Geekbench 6
1,410
2,301
Geekbench 6
11,418
9,475
Passmark CPU
2,492
3,513
Passmark CPU
30,462
19,551
Geekbench 5
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1,628
Geekbench 5
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8,519
Cinebench 2024
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102
Blender
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210
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.