Intel Core i5 12400F's Advantages
Released 3 years late
Higher specification of memory (DDR5-4800 vs DDR4-2666)
Larger memory bandwidth (76.8GB/s vs 41.6GB/s)
Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)
Larger L3 cache size (18MB vs 9MB)
More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 14nm)
Intel Core i5 9400F's Advantages
Higher base frequency (2.9GHz vs 2.5GHz)