Intel Core i5-12400F vs AMD Ryzen 7 260

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 200 Series 8 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
7924 points
12% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9794 points
3% slightly better gaming score
9428 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6210 points
7435 points
19% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6009 points
7295 points
21% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

159.61 points
53% significantly higher Blender score
104.21 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
3.80 GHz
52% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
5.1 GHz
15% 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
150th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 200 Series

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

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Core i5-12400F vs Ryzen 7 260 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 260 is faster than the Core i5-12400F. Despite this, the Core i5-12400F has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 260 has slightly more cores than the Core i5-12400F. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 260 has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-12400F. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12400F. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 260 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-12400F. Also, the Ryzen 7 260 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 260 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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