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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AMD FX-8350

Price

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$ 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

2626 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9694 points

150% significantly better gaming score

3873 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6210 points

178% significantly better multitasking score

2226 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

Physics simulation benchmark

5938 points

343% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

1338 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

164.62 points

255% significantly higher Blender score

46.35 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8911 points

339% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2027 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2130 points

332% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

493 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8875 points

346% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1989 points

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

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

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

190th of 1,089

605th of 1,089

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

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

DDR3

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

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.

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.