Intel Core i5-12400F vs AMD Ryzen 5 8645HS

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
0.41% slightly better overall score
7040 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9794 points
2% slightly better gaming score
9593 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6210 points
6234 points
0.39% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6009 points
6029 points
0.33% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

159.61 points
1% slightly higher Blender score
156.82 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
Identical
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
Identical
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
4.30 GHz
72% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
5 GHz
13% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
45 W
44% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

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
189th 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

No
No

Core i5-12400F vs Ryzen 5 8645HS benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-12400F beats the Ryzen 5 8645HS in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 8645HS in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 8645HS has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12400F. Also, the Ryzen 5 8645HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 8645HS outputs less heat than Core i5-12400F thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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.

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