Intel Core i5-12400 vs AMD Ryzen 7 6800U

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

14% slightly better overall score

6163 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9694 points

22% slightly better gaming score

7894 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6210 points

10% slightly better multitasking score

5606 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6013 points

9% slightly better heavy workload score

5474 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5938 points

14% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

5170 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

164.62 points

10% slightly higher Blender score

148.55 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8911 points

18% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

7536 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2130 points

18% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1792 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8875 points

19% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

7407 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2207 points

28% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1713 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz

2.70 GHz

8% 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

15 W

333% significantly lower TDP

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

190th of 1,089

242nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Core i5-12400 vs Ryzen 7 6800U comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-12400 is faster than the Ryzen 7 6800U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 6800U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 6800U 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. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 6800U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12400. Also, the Ryzen 7 6800U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 6800U 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.