Intel Core i5-12400F vs AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen Z1 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
11% slightly better overall score
6328 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9794 points
26% slightly better gaming score
7752 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6210 points
5% slightly better multitasking score
5895 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6009 points
3% slightly better heavy workload score
5789 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5946 points
6531 points
9% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

159.61 points
169.56 points
6% slightly higher Blender score
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

12380 points
14960 points
20% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9125 points
9595 points
5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2218 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
2167 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
3.30 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

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
28 W
132% significantly lower TDP

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
234th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5
Ryzen Z1

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
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Core i5-12400F vs Ryzen Z1 Extreme comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-12400F is faster than the Ryzen Z1 Extreme. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen Z1 Extreme in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has slightly more cores than the Core i5-12400F. Indeed, the Ryzen Z1 Extreme 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 Z1 Extreme has a slightly 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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