Intel Core i5-12400F vs AMD Ryzen 5 8400F

Core i5-12400F vs Ryzen 5 8400F specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 8400F beats the Core i5-12400F in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-12400F in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 8400F has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12400F. Also, the Ryzen 5 8400F has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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.