AMD Ryzen 7 4700G vs Intel Core i5-12400F

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 4000 G-Series 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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6852 points
7069 points
3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8244 points
9794 points
18% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6364 points
2% slightly better multitasking score
6210 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6214 points
3% slightly better heavy workload score
6009 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

225.28 points
41% slightly higher Blender score
159.61 points

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

8 MiB
18 MiB
125% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

203rd of 1,089
188th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 4000 G-Series Desktop
12th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 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 4700G vs Core i5-12400F benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-12400F performs better than the Ryzen 7 4700G. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 4700G in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 4700G has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i5-12400F has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12400F. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 4700G has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12400F. 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 4700G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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