AMD Ryzen 5 8400F vs Intel Core i5-12600HX

Compare AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 6 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i5 12 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

7719 points
7962 points
3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10222 points
3% slightly better gaming score
9881 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6910 points
7422 points
7% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6696 points
7289 points
8% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

179.45 points
8% slightly higher Blender score
164.70 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
12
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.2 GHz
68% significantly higher clock speed
2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed
4.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
55 W
18% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB
9 MiB
49% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
18 MiB
12% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

163rd of 1,105
157th of 1,105

Family

The product line

Ryzen 8000 Series
12th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 April
2022 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Ryzen 5 8400F vs Core i5-12600HX specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-12600HX is faster than the Ryzen 5 8400F. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 8400F has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-12600HX has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 8400F that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 8400F. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 8400F has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12600HX. Also, the Ryzen 5 8400F has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-12600HX outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 8400F thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i5-12600HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 8400F. The Core i5-12600HX also has slightly more L3 cache.

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 Ryzen 5 8400F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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