Intel Core i5-12400 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Price

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$ 153.99

$ 74.99

$ 79.00 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7038 points

18% slightly better overall score

5931 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9694 points

21% slightly better gaming score

7969 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6210 points

17% slightly better multitasking score

5267 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6013 points

17% slightly better heavy workload score

5102 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5938 points

8% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

5451 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

164.62 points

16% slightly higher Blender score

141.88 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8911 points

17% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

7589 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2130 points

16% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1833 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8875 points

15% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

7653 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2207 points

17% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1872 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz

3.6 GHz

44% 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

Identical

65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

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

12% slightly more L3 cache

16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

190th of 1,089

256th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5

Ryzen 5 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February

2022 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Core i5-12400 vs Ryzen 5 5500 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-12400 is faster than the Ryzen 5 5500. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 5500 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 5500 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12400. Despite this, the Core i5-12400 has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-12400 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.