Intel Core i5-12400F vs AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7069 points

10% slightly better overall score

6405 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9794 points

8% slightly better gaming score

9018 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6210 points

11% slightly better multitasking score

5593 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6009 points

11% slightly better heavy workload score

5403 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

159.61 points

3% slightly higher Blender score

153.60 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9125 points

14% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

7982 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2218 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

2119 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz

3.50 GHz

40% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz

4.9 GHz

11% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

28 W

132% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

18 MiB

12% slightly more L3 cache

16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

188th of 1,089

227th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5

Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

DDR5 (FP7r2)

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Core i5-12400F vs Ryzen 5 8640HS specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-12400F beats the Ryzen 5 8640HS in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 8640HS 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. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 8640HS 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.