Intel Core i5-12490F vs AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS

Compare Intel 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9 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

7213 points

9048 points

25% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10096 points

10935 points

8% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6311 points

8413 points

33% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6106 points

8221 points

34% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5956 points

7779 points

30% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

160.34 points

225.40 points

40% slightly higher Blender score

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

3 GHz

4.00 GHz

33% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz

5.2 GHz

13% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

54 W

20% slightly lower TDP

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

480 KiB

512 KiB

6% slightly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

7.5 MiB

8 MiB

6% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

20 MiB

25% slightly more L3 cache

16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

177th of 1,089

110th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5 (FP7r2)

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Core i5-12490F vs Ryzen 9 7940HS comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 7940HS is faster than the Core i5-12490F. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-12490F in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 7940HS has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i5-12490F has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12490F. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 7940HS has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12490F. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 9 7940HS has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-12490F. Despite this, the Core i5-12490F has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 9 7940HS.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i5-12490F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.