Ryzen 9 3900X vs Core i5-12400 comparison
Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 3900X performs better than the Core i5-12400. Despite this, the Core i5-12400 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.
When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 9 3900X has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Core i5-12400 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12400. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 3900X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-12400. Also, the Ryzen 9 3900X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-12400 outputs less heat than Ryzen 9 3900X thanks to a 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 9 3900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
No comments yet! Be the first to leave a comment using the form below.