Intel Core i7-9750H vs Intel Core i5-12400F. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Family
  Intel Core i7 Intel Core i5
• Generation
  9 12
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 9000H Intel Core i 12000
• Predecessor
  -- Intel Core i5-11400F

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  2.60 GHz 2.50 GHz
• Turbo (1 Core)
  4.50 GHz 4.40 GHz
• Turbo (6 Cores)
  3.20 GHz 4.00 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

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
  Intel UHD Graphics 630 no iGPU
• GPU frequency
  0.35 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.15 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  24
• Shader
  192
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB --
• Max. displays
  3
• Generation
  9.5
• Technology
  14 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2017

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h264
  Decode / Encode No
• VP9
  Decode / Encode No
• VP8
  Decode / Encode No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-12400F and Intel Core i7-9750H. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-2666LPDDR3-2133 DDR4-3200DDR5-4800
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 128 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-9750H and Intel Core i5-12400F to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  45 W 65 W
• TDP (PL2)
  -- 117 W
• TDP down
  35 W --
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i7-9750H and Intel Core i7-9750H, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
• L2-Cache
  -- 7.50 MB
• L3-Cache
  12.00 MB 18.00 MB
• Architecture
  Coffee Lake H Refresh Alder Lake S
• Technology
  14 nm 10 nm
• Socket
  BGA 1440 LGA 1700
• Release date
  Q2/2019 Q1/2022