Intel Core i5-12400F vs AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

Core i5-12400F vs Ryzen 9 7900X comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 7900X performs better than the Core i5-12400F. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-12400F in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 7900X has significantly more cores than the Core i5-12400F. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7900X has 12 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 9 7900X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-12400F. Also, the Ryzen 9 7900X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-12400F CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 9 7900X CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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.