Intel Core i5-12400 vs AMD Ryzen 7 6800H

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 Mobile 8 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

70 %
Identical
70 %

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

97 %
12% slightly better gaming score
86 %

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

62 %
65 %
4% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

60 %
64 %
6% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

9345
9580
2% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

178.67
199.02
11% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8911
1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
8754
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2130
16% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1836
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8795
1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
8653
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2138
17% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1816

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
3.20 GHz
28% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
4.7 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
45 W
44% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
4
100% significantly more memory channels

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
12% slightly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

60th of 627
58th of 627

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 7 Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

February 2022
-

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Core i5-12400 vs Ryzen 7 6800H benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-12400 beats the Ryzen 7 6800H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 6800H in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 6800H has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i5-12400 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12400. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 6800H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12400. Also, the Ryzen 7 6800H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 6800H 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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