Intel Core i5-12400 vs AMD FX-8350

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs AMD FX 8-Core Black Edition 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 153.99
$ 11.00 slightly less expensive
$ 164.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7038 points
168% significantly better overall score
2623 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9694 points
150% significantly better gaming score
3863 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6210 points
179% significantly better multitasking score
2225 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6013 points
181% significantly better heavy workload score
2136 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5938 points
343% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
1338 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

164.62 points
255% significantly higher Blender score
46.35 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8911 points
339% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
2027 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2130 points
332% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
493 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8875 points
346% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1989 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2207 points
352% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
488 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
49% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
49% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
4 GHz
60% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed
4.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
92% significantly lower TDP
125 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

480 KiB
25% slightly more L1 cache
384 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

18 MiB
125% significantly more L3 cache
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

200th of 1,118
626th of 1,118

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5
FX 8-Core Black Edition

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR3

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
Yes

Core i5-12400 vs FX-8350 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-12400 beats the FX-8350 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-8350 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-12400 has significantly more cores than the FX-8350. Indeed, the Core i5-12400 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the FX-8350. It also has more threads than the FX-8350. Our comparison shows that the FX-8350 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12400. Despite this, the Core i5-12400 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-12400 CPU outputs less heat than a FX-8350 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i5-12400 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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