Intel Core i5-12400 vs AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS

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

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7038 points
9% slightly better overall score
6405 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9694 points
7% slightly better gaming score
9018 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6210 points
11% slightly better multitasking score
5593 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6013 points
11% slightly better heavy workload score
5403 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

164.62 points
7% slightly higher Blender score
153.60 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8875 points
11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
7982 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2207 points
4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
2119 points

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
3.50 GHz
40% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
4.9 GHz
11% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
28 W
132% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

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

200th of 1,118
238th of 1,118

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
-

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5 (FP7r2)

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Core i5-12400 vs Ryzen 5 8640HS comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-12400 performs better than the Ryzen 5 8640HS. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 8640HS in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 8640HS has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12400. Also, the Ryzen 5 8640HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 8640HS outputs less heat than Core i5-12400 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. 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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