Intel Core i5-12400F vs AMD Custom 0405

Core i5-12400F vs Custom 0405 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-12400F is faster than the Custom 0405. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Custom 0405 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-12400F has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Custom 0405 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Custom 0405. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Custom 0405 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.