AMD Ryzen 7 5700G vs Intel Core i5-12490F

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 5000 G-Series Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel 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

7430 points
3% slightly better overall score
7213 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8722 points
10096 points
15% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7004 points
10% slightly better multitasking score
6311 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6877 points
12% slightly better heavy workload score
6106 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6694 points
12% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
5956 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

196.94 points
22% slightly higher Blender score
160.34 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

3.8 GHz
26% slightly higher clock speed
3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
Identical
4.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
Identical
65 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB
6% slightly more L1 cache
480 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
7.5 MiB
87% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
20 MiB
25% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

168th of 1,089
177th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 5000 G-Series Desktop
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 April
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Ryzen 7 5700G vs Core i5-12490F specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-12490F performs better than the Ryzen 7 5700G. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 5700G in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 7 5700G has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i5-12490F that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12490F. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 5700G has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-12490F. 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. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i5-12490F has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 5700G. The Core i5-12490F 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 7 5700G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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