Intel Core i5-12400 vs AMD Ryzen 5 7500F

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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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 153.99
$ 35.00 slightly less expensive
$ 188.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7038 points
7857 points
11% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9694 points
10525 points
8% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6210 points
6994 points
12% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6013 points
6774 points
12% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5938 points
6449 points
8% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

164.62 points
197.05 points
19% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8875 points
12599 points
41% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2207 points
2751 points
24% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
Identical
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
Identical
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
3.70 GHz
48% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
5 GHz
13% slightly higher turbo speed

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
32 MiB
77% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

190th of 1,089
152nd 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
2023 July

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
Yes

Core i5-12400 vs Ryzen 5 7500F benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 7500F performs better than the Core i5-12400. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-12400 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. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 7500F has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12400. Also, the Ryzen 5 7500F 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.

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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