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Intel Core i5-12400F vs Intel Core i7-13620H. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q1/2022
Intel Core i5-12400F
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Intel Core i7-13620H
Intel Core i7-13620H

What's the best choice Intel Core i5-12400F or Intel Core i7-13620H? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

Intel Core i5-12400F has a base frequency of 2.50 GHz. 6 / 12 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 65 W. Released in Q1/2022.

Intel Core i7-13620H has a base frequency of 2.40 GHz (4.90 GHz). 10 / 16 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 45 W. Released in Q1/2023.

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    88 left arrow place

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i5-12400F CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    53 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    105 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    28 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    109 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    99 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    143 place
  • More number of cores

    4 more cores

    10 left arrow 6
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    45 W left arrow 65 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i7-13620H CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    53 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    83 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    188 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
    20 place

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Core i5-12400F Intel Core i5-12400F
Intel Core i7-13620H Intel Core i7-13620H
CPU family and group

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

  • CPU group
    Intel Core i 12000 left arrow Intel Core i 13000H
  • Family
    Intel Core i5 left arrow Intel Core i7
  • Generation
    12 left arrow 13
  • Predecessor
    Intel Core i5-11400F left arrow -
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Mobile
CPU Technical specs

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

  • A-Core
    6x Golden Cove left arrow 6x Raptor Cove
  • B-Core
    - left arrow 4x Gracemont
  • Base Frequency
    2.5 GHz left arrow -
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow hybrid (big.LITTLE)
  • CPU Cores
    6 left arrow 10
  • CPU Threads
    12 left arrow 16
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    4.4 GHz left arrow -
  • Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
    4 GHz left arrow -
  • A-Core Frequency
    - left arrow 2.40 GHz (4.90 GHz)
  • B-Core Frequency
    - left arrow 1.80 GHz (3.60 GHz)
IGPU

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 left arrow Intel Iris Xe Graphics 64 (Alder Lake)
  • DirectX Version
    - left arrow 12.1
  • Execution units
    - left arrow 64
  • Generation
    - left arrow 13
  • GPU Frequency
    - left arrow 400 MHz
  • GPU Turbo
    - left arrow 1500 MHz
  • Max. displays
    - left arrow 4
  • Max. GPU Memory
    - left arrow 32 GB
  • Release date
    - left arrow Q1/2022
  • Shader
    - left arrow 512
  • Technology
    - left arrow 10 nm
Hardware codec support

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

  • AV1
    No left arrow Decode
  • H.264 / AVC
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • JPEG
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    No left arrow Decode
  • VP8
    No left arrow Decode
  • VP9
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i7-13620H and Intel Core i5-12400F. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    No left arrow Yes
  • Max. Memory
    128 GB left arrow 64 GB
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2 (Dual Channel)
  • Memory type
    DDR4-3200DDR5-4800 left arrow DDR4-3200DDR5-5200LPDDR4X-4266LPDDR5-6400
  • PCIe
    5.0 x 20 left arrow 5.0 x 28
  • Memory Bandwidth
    - left arrow 89.6 GB/s
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-12400F and Intel Core i7-13620H 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 left arrow 100 °C
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    65 W left arrow -
  • TDP (PL2)
    117 W left arrow 115 W
  • TDP down
    - left arrow 35 W
  • TDP (PL1 / PBP, legacy combined label)
    - left arrow 45 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-12400F and Intel Core i7-13620H, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Alder Lake S left arrow Raptor Lake H
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
  • L2-Cache
    7.5 MB left arrow -
  • L3-Cache
    18 MB left arrow 24 MB
  • Release date
    Q1/2022 left arrow Q1/2023
  • Socket
    LGA 1700 left arrow BGA 1744
  • Technology
    10 nm left arrow 10 nm
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
  • Chip design
    - left arrow Monolithic
  • Documents
    - left arrow Technical data sheet
  • Operating systems
    - left arrow Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
  • Release price
    - left arrow 502 $

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Shared tests with results for both models: 9

Blender Cycles

Each row uses one Blender version, operating system and compute backend.

Test and settingsIntel Core i5-12400F Intel Core i7-13620HResult difference¹
Blender 5.2.0 / CPU / Windows 166.939907 samples/min Submissions: 12 150.069886 samples/min Submissions: 44 -10.1 %
Blender 5.1.1 / CPU / Windows 169.74955 samples/min Submissions: 19 190.874304 samples/min Submissions: 10 +12.4 %
Blender 4.5.0 / CPU / Windows 154.23191 samples/min Submissions: 94 157.777808 samples/min Submissions: 67 +2.3 %
Blender 4.4.0 / CPU / Windows 146.386328 samples/min Submissions: 40 171.614895 samples/min Submissions: 40 +17.2 %
Blender 4.3.0 / CPU / Linux 198.128399 samples/min Submissions: 15 192.304093 samples/min Submissions: 5 -2.9 %
Blender 4.3.0 / CPU / Windows 145.751849 samples/min Submissions: 65 122.770066 samples/min Submissions: 54 -15.8 %
Blender 4.2.0 / CPU / Windows 148.953521 samples/min Submissions: 121 176.525095 samples/min Submissions: 64 +18.5 %
Blender 4.1.0 / CPU / Windows 158.67054 samples/min Submissions: 58 152.69891 samples/min Submissions: 17 -3.8 %
Blender 4.0.0 / CPU / Windows 157.851555 samples/min Submissions: 96 193.702229 samples/min Submissions: 33 +22.7 %

¹ Difference of the second result relative to the first in that row. No percentage is calculated for different upscaling algorithms. This compares published results, not a universal performance index.

Individual model tests

These results have no shared test of both models with the same version and settings. They are shown separately without a percentage difference.

Intel Core i5-12400F

Intel Core i7-13620H

Individual system tests

Results were obtained on the reported systems. Test versions and settings remain separate; incomplete conditions do not support calculated model performance differences.

RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 16 threads / windows

Model ResultReported conditions
Intel Core i7-13620H 4854.015484 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 16 threads / windows
System RAM: 16 GB
OS: Windows NT 10.0
Duration: 206.015 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 9 threads / linux

Model ResultReported conditions
Intel Core i5-12400F 8041.558776 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 9 threads / linux
System RAM: 16 GB
OS: Linux x86_64
Motherboard: ASRock / B660M PG Riptide
Duration: 124.354 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between Intel Core i5-12400F and Intel Core i7-13620H.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

Recent models: test results with identified primary sources — Cinebench R23 · Cinebench R20 · Cinebench R15 · Cinebench 2026 · RandomX benchmark

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

1647.000000
Intel Core i5-12400F
1862.000000
Intel Core i7-13620H
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

9451.000000
Intel Core i5-12400F
11806.000000
Intel Core i7-13620H

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