Intel Core i5-12400 vs AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS

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

8139 points

15% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9694 points

9987 points

3% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6210 points

7532 points

21% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6013 points

7360 points

22% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5938 points

7427 points

25% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

164.62 points

207.75 points

26% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8875 points

11045 points

24% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2207 points

2333 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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

3.80 GHz

52% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz

5.1 GHz

15% 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

Identical

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

152nd of 1,118

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5

Ryzen 7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February

2023 December

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

DDR5 (FP7r2)

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Core i5-12400 vs Ryzen 7 8845HS specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 8845HS is faster than the Core i5-12400. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-12400 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 8845HS 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. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 8845HS has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-12400. Also, the Ryzen 7 8845HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 8845HS 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.

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.