Intel Core i5-12400 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5000 Series 3 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 153.99
$ 145.00
$ 8.99 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7038 points
40% slightly better overall score
5020 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9694 points
41% slightly better gaming score
6843 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6210 points
39% slightly better multitasking score
4448 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6013 points
39% slightly better heavy workload score
4307 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5938 points
7% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
5545 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

164.62 points
16% slightly higher Blender score
141.41 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
100% significantly more cores
3

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
100% significantly more threads
6

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
Identical
4.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
Identical
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

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
345th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
2024 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
Yes

Core i5-12400 vs Ryzen 5 5500GT comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-12400 performs better than the Ryzen 5 5500GT. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 5500GT 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 Ryzen 5 5500GT. Indeed, the Core i5-12400 has 6 cores compared to 3 cores found in the Ryzen 5 5500GT. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5500GT. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5500GT has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12400. In addition, both chips have the same 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.

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