Intel Core i5-12400F vs AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 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
8139 points
15% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9794 points
9987 points
1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6210 points
7532 points
21% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6009 points
7360 points
22% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5946 points
7427 points
24% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

159.61 points
207.75 points
30% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9125 points
11045 points
21% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2218 points
2333 points
5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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
144th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
2023 December

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 7 8845HS comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-12400F beats the Ryzen 7 8845HS in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 8845HS in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 8845HS has slightly more cores than the Core i5-12400F. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 8845HS has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-12400F. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12400F. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 8845HS has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12400F.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i5-12400F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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