AMD Ryzen 7 3700X vs Intel Core i5-12400

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i5 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 198.00
$ 153.99
$ 44.01 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6345 points
7038 points
10% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7643 points
9694 points
26% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5911 points
6210 points
5% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5785 points
6013 points
3% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6052 points
1% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
5938 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

180.28 points
9% slightly higher Blender score
164.62 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8116 points
8911 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1623 points
2130 points
31% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8090 points
8875 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1674 points
2207 points
31% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
44% significantly higher clock speed
2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
Identical
4.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
Identical
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB
6% slightly more L1 cache
480 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
77% significantly more L3 cache
18 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

233rd of 1,089
190th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop
12th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 July
2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Ryzen 7 3700X vs Core i5-12400 benchmarks

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

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 3700X has slightly more cores than the Core i5-12400. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 3700X has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-12400. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12400. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 3700X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12400. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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 3700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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