Intel Core i3-12100F vs Intel Core i5-9400F. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 12000 Intel Core i 9000
• Family
  Intel Core i3 Intel Core i5
• Generation
  12 9
• Predecessor
  - Intel Core i5-8400
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Successor
  - Intel Core i5-10400F

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  4x Golden Cove -
• Base Frequency
  3.3 GHz 2.9 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 6
• CPU Threads
  8 6
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.3 GHz 4.1 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  4 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  - 3.9 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  None None

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  No No
• VC-1
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-9400F and Intel Core i3-12100F. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 128 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-3200DDR5-4800 DDR4-2666
• PCIe
  5.0 x 20 -
• PCIe lanes
  - 16
• PCIe version
  - 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i3-12100F and Intel Core i5-9400F Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  100 °C 100 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  58 W 65 W
• TDP (PL2)
  89 W -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i3-12100F and Intel Core i5-9400F, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Alder Lake S Coffee Lake S Refresh
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L2-Cache
  5 MB -
• L3-Cache
  12 MB 9 MB
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q1/2019
• Socket
  LGA 1700 LGA 1151-2
• Technology
  10 nm 14 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d