Core i5 12400
Intel desktop processor · Core i 12th gen · launched January 2022
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Launch price in today's dollars
The Core i5 12400 launched at $202 in 2022. Adjusted with the U.S. Consumer Price Index, that is about $228 in 2026 dollars (7-month average), a 13% rise over 4 years. At its launch price that is 75 Blender points per $100.
Method: launch price × (CPI 2026 average ÷ CPI 2022 average), calendar-year averages of BLS series CPIAUCSL. 2026 covers 7 months so far.
Blender rendering score
Median score 152 (middle half of runs 144–161) across 144 community runs on Blender 4.x with the CPU backend. That is #139 of 290 desktop processors in our dataset with a score, and #15 of 17 in the Core i 12th gen.
This is a rendering benchmark (samples per minute over the monster, junkshop and classroom scenes), not a gaming benchmark. It says how fast the part renders in Blender's Cycles engine and nothing about frame rates. Source: Blender Open Data, CC0, snapshot 2026-09-06.
Specifications
| Vendor | Intel |
|---|---|
| Series | Core i 12th gen |
| Launched | January 2022 |
| Launch price | $202 (1,000-unit price) |
| Socket | LGA 1700 |
| Cores / threads | 6 / 12 |
| Base clock | 2.5 GHz |
| Boost clock | 4.4 GHz |
| L3 cache | 18 MB |
| Rated power | 65 W (base power), up to 117 W |
| Integrated graphics | UHD 730 |
| Tier | 5-series |
The Intel 5-series over time
Intel desktop processors in the same tier around this one, oldest first, re-releases left out. Prices in launch dollars and in 2026 dollars; scores are Blender 4.x medians where they exist.
| Part | Year | Launch price | In 2026 $ | Blender |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core i5 11500T | 2021 | $192 | $234 | — |
| Core i5 11600 | 2021 | $213 | $260 | — |
| Core i5 11600K | 2021 | $262 | $320 | 141 |
| Core i5 11600KF | 2021 | $237 | $289 | 144 |
| Core i5 11600T | 2021 | $213 | $260 | — |
| Core i5 11500B | 2021 | — | — | — |
| Core i5 12600K | 2021 | $289 | $353 | 219 |
| Core i5 12600KF | 2021 | $264 | $322 | 221 |
| Core i5 12400 | 2022 | $202 | $228 | 152 |
| Core i5 12400F | 2022 | $192 | $217 | 154 |
| Core i5 12400T | 2022 | $202 | $228 | — |
| Core i5 12500 | 2022 | $202 | $228 | 153 |
| Core i5 12500T | 2022 | $202 | $228 | — |
| Core i5 12600 | 2022 | $223 | $252 | 164 |
| Core i5 12600T | 2022 | $223 | $252 | — |
| Core i5 12490F | 2022 | — | — | — |
Compare with
- Core i5 12400F · 2022 · $192 · 154
- Core i5 12400T · 2022 · $202
- Core i5 12500 · 2022 · $202 · 153
- Core i5 12500T · 2022 · $202
- Core i5 12600 · 2022 · $223 · 164
- Core i5 12600T · 2022 · $223
- Core i3 10325 · 2021 · $154
- Core i5 10505 · 2021 · $192
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