Intel Core i9-12900H vs AMD Ryzen 5 8400F

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i9 14 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 6 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

8158 points
5% slightly better overall score
7722 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10256 points
10390 points
1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7544 points
10% slightly better multitasking score
6857 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7441 points
12% slightly better heavy workload score
6632 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7534 points
22% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
6145 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

209.04 points
16% slightly higher Blender score
179.45 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
133% significantly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
66% significantly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
4.2 GHz
68% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed
4.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
44% significantly lower TDP
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

142nd of 1,089
157th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i9
Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
2024 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i9-12900H vs Ryzen 5 8400F benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-12900H performs better than the Ryzen 5 8400F. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 8400F has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-12900H has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 8400F. Indeed, the Core i9-12900H has 14 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 8400F. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 8400F. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 8400F has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900H. Despite this, the Core i9-12900H has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-12900H CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 8400F CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i9-12900H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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