Intel Pentium N4200 vs Intel Core i5-12400. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Family
  Intel Pentium Intel Core i5
• Generation
  8 12
• CPU group
  Intel Pentium J4000/N4000 Intel Core i 12000
• Predecessor
  -- Intel Core i5-11400

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
  1.10 GHz 2.50 GHz
• Turbo (1 Core)
  2.50 GHz 4.40 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  No 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 HD Graphics 505 Intel UHD Graphics 730
• GPU frequency
  0.20 GHz 0.30 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  0.75 GHz 1.45 GHz
• Execution units
  18 24
• Shader
  144 192
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB 64 GB
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Generation
  9 12
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2016 Q1/2021

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-12400 and Intel Pentium N4200. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR3-1866DDR4-2400 DDR4-3200DDR5-4800
• Max. Memory
  8 GB 128 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Pentium N4200 and Intel Core i5-12400 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

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

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Pentium N4200 and Intel Pentium N4200, 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 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
• L2-Cache
  -- 7.50 MB
• L3-Cache
  2.00 MB 18.00 MB
• Architecture
  Apollo Lake Alder Lake S
• Technology
  14 nm 10 nm
• Socket
  BGA 1296 LGA 1700
• Release date
  Q3/2016 Q1/2022