Intel Core i5-12400 vs AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 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
$ 245.62 significantly less expensive
$ 399.61

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7038 points
7335 points
4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9694 points
8% slightly better gaming score
8938 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6210 points
6797 points
9% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6013 points
6646 points
10% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5938 points
7297 points
22% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

164.62 points
209.61 points
27% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8911 points
10897 points
22% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2130 points
3% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
2052 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8875 points
11047 points
24% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2207 points
4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
2117 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
3.40 GHz
36% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
4.5 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
61% significantly lower TDP
105 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

480 KiB
512 KiB
6% slightly more L1 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

18 MiB
96 MiB
433% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

190th of 1,089
172nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 7 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

No
No

Core i5-12400 vs Ryzen 7 5800X3D comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 5800X3D performs better than the Core i5-12400. Despite this, the Core i5-12400 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 7 5800X3D has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i5-12400 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12400. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5800X3D has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12400. Also, the Ryzen 7 5800X3D has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-12400 CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 7 5800X3D CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. 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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