Intel Core i5-12400F vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 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

0.58% slightly better overall score

7028 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9794 points

16% slightly better gaming score

8379 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6210 points

6623 points

6% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6009 points

6517 points

8% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

159.61 points

164.73 points

3% slightly higher Blender score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

12380 points

12929 points

4% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9125 points

9396 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2218 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

2142 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz

3.30 GHz

32% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz

5.1 GHz

15% slightly higher turbo speed

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

191st of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5

Ryzen 7 PRO

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February

2023 June

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 7 PRO 7840U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-12400F beats the Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i5-12400F has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12400F. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-12400F. Also, the Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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.