Intel Core i5-12400 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600

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 5600

Price

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$ 153.99

$ 135.32

$ 18.67 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7038 points

12% slightly better overall score

6267 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9694 points

16% slightly better gaming score

8333 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6210 points

10% slightly better multitasking score

5604 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6013 points

10% slightly better heavy workload score

5431 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5938 points

4% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

5664 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

164.62 points

9% slightly higher Blender score

150.92 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8911 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

8330 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2130 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1980 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8875 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

8600 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2207 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

2052 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

3.50 GHz

40% slightly 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

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

32 MiB

77% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

190th of 1,089

237th 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 5600 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-12400 beats the Ryzen 5 5600 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 5600 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. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 5600 has a slightly higher clock speed than 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.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i5-12400 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.