Intel Core i5-12400 vs AMD Ryzen 7 6800HS Creator Edition

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs AMD 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

7038 points
29% slightly better overall score
5427 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9694 points
32% slightly better gaming score
7307 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6210 points
27% slightly better multitasking score
4865 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6013 points
26% slightly better heavy workload score
4745 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

164.62 points
3% slightly higher Blender score
159.68 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
3.20 GHz
28% slightly higher clock speed

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

190th of 1,089
300th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
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Core i5-12400 vs Ryzen 7 6800HS Creator Edition comparison

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

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 7 6800HS Creator Edition 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 6800HS Creator Edition has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12400.

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.

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