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

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5938 points
7427 points
25% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

164.62 points
207.75 points
26% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8875 points
11045 points
24% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) 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

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
3.80 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

2
Identical
2

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
144th of 1,089

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

No
No

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

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

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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