AMD Ryzen 7 3700U vs Intel Core i5-12400F

Ryzen 7 3700U vs Core i5-12400F benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-12400F performs better than the Ryzen 7 3700U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 3700U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-12400F has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 3700U. Indeed, the Core i5-12400F has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen 7 3700U. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 3700U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-12400F has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 3700U. A Ryzen 7 3700U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-12400F CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 7 3700U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.