Intel Core i5-12490F vs AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D

Core i5-12490F vs Ryzen 7 5700X3D benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-12490F beats the Ryzen 7 5700X3D in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 5700X3D in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 7 5700X3D has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i5-12490F that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12490F. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 5700X3D has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-12490F. Despite this, the Core i5-12490F has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-12490F CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 7 5700X3D CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-12490F has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 5700X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 5700X3D has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-12490F.

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 i5-12490F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.