Intel Core i5-12400F vs AMD FX-8350

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs AMD FX 8-Core Black Edition 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD FX-8350

Price

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$ 179.99

$ 164.99

$ 15.00 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7069 points

169% significantly better overall score

2623 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9788 points

153% significantly better gaming score

3863 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6212 points

179% significantly better multitasking score

2225 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6011 points

181% significantly better heavy workload score

2136 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5946 points

344% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

1338 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

159.61 points

244% significantly higher Blender score

46.35 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8804 points

334% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2027 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2154 points

336% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

493 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9125 points

358% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1989 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2218 points

354% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

488 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz

4 GHz

60% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz

4% slightly higher turbo speed

4.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

92% significantly lower TDP

125 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

480 KiB

25% slightly more L1 cache

384 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

18 MiB

125% significantly more L3 cache

8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

198th of 1,118

626th of 1,118

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5

FX 8-Core Black Edition

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

DDR3

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Core i5-12400F vs FX-8350 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-12400F is faster than the FX-8350. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-8350 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 FX-8350 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the FX-8350. Our comparison shows that the FX-8350 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12400F. Despite this, the Core i5-12400F has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-12400F CPU outputs less heat than a FX-8350 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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