Core i5-12400 vs Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme comparison
In our benchmarks, the Core i5-12400 beats the Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme in all gaming tests too.
In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme has slightly more cores than the Core i5-12400. Indeed, the Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-12400. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12400. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-12400 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme. Despite this, the Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme 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.
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