Intel Core i5-8500 vs Intel Core i5-12400

Intel Core i5-8500 $192
Intel Core i5-12400 $198
6 Cores
6 Threads
3GHz Clock
6 Cores
12 Threads
2.5GHz Clock
Socket
LGA 1151
Socket
LGA 1700
iGPU
UHD 630 1100MHz
420 GFLOPS FP32
iGPU
UHD 730 1450MHz
560 GFLOPS FP32
CB23S 1,050
40%
CB23S 1,735
67%
CB23M 5,540
13%
CB23M 11,710
27%
Manufacturer
Intel
Manufacturer
Intel
Architecture
Skylake
Architecture
Alder Lake
Family
Core 8th Gen
Family
Core 12th Gen
Instruction Set (ISA)
x86-64
Instruction Set (ISA)
x86-64
Codename
Coffee Lake-S
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Coffee Lake-6C
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Codename
Alder Lake-S
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Alder Lake-6P
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Golden Cove
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Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
1/1/2018
Release Date
1/18/2022
Foundry
Intel
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Foundry
Intel
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Node
14nm++
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Node
Intel 7
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Die Size
150 mm²
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Die Size
158 mm²
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Transistor Count
2.5 Billion
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Transistor Count
11.4 Billion
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6 Cores
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6 Cores
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6 Threads
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12 Threads
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3GHz
4.1GHz Boost
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2.5GHz
4.4GHz Boost
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Overclocking
Locked
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Overclocking
Locked
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Type
DMI
Type
DMI
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Transfer Rate
8GT/s
Transfer Rate
16GT/s
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Lanes
4
Lanes
8
Bandwidth
4GB/s
Bandwidth
16GB/s
Bi-directional
8GB/s
Bi-directional
32GB/s
L0 Instruction
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L0 Instruction
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L0 Data
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L0 Data
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L1 Instruction
32KB/Core
8-way set associative
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L1 Instruction
32KB/Core
8-way set associative
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L1 Data
32KB/Core
8-way set associative
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L1 Data
48KB/Core
12-way set associative
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L2
256KB/Core
4-way set associative
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L2
1280KB/Core
10-way set associative
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L3
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9MB Shared
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16-way set associative
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L3
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18MB Shared
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12-way set associative
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Channels
2
Channels
2
Max Memory
128GB
Max Memory
128GB
ECC
Not Supported
ECC
Not Supported
Bus Width/Channel
64Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Bus Width/Channel
64Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
1333MHz
Transfer Rate
2666MT/s
Clock
2400MHz
Transfer Rate
4800MT/s
Bandwidth/Channel
21.3GB/s
Bandwidth
42.7GB/s
Bandwidth/Channel
38.4GB/s
Bandwidth
76.8GB/s
TDP
65W
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TDP
65W
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117W Peak
Temp
100°C Max
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Temp
100°C Max
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Included Cooler
Stock Cooler 115x-Al v2
Included Cooler
Laminar RM1
PCIe 3.0 x16 Lanes
PCIe 5.0 x16 Lanes
PCIe 4.0 x4 Lanes
UHD 630 1100MHz
192 Shaders
1100MHz
420 GFLOPS FP32
UHD 730 1450MHz
192 Shaders
1450MHz
560 GFLOPS FP32
No NPU
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GNA 3.0
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No Cellular
No Cellular
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