Intel Core i5-12400 vs AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9 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

9048 points

28% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9694 points

10935 points

12% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6210 points

8413 points

35% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6013 points

8221 points

36% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5938 points

7779 points

31% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

164.62 points

225.40 points

36% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8875 points

11485 points

29% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2207 points

2444 points

10% 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

4.00 GHz

60% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz

5.2 GHz

18% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

54 W

20% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

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

110th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5

Ryzen 9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February

2023 April

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 9 7940HS benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 7940HS 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.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 7940HS has slightly more cores than the Core i5-12400. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7940HS has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-12400. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12400. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 7940HS has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12400.

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.