Intel Core i5-12400F vs AMD Athlon II X4 651

Core i5-12400F vs Athlon II X4 651 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-12400F is faster than the Athlon II X4 651. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Athlon II X4 651 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-12400F has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Athlon II X4 651 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Athlon II X4 651. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Athlon II X4 651 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12400F.

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 i5-12400F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.