AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS vs Intel Core i5-12400

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Mobile 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

6179 points
7038 points
13% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7639 points
9694 points
26% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5707 points
6210 points
8% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5585 points
6013 points
7% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6228 points
4% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
5938 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

160.71 points
164.62 points
2% slightly higher Blender 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 GHz
20% slightly higher clock speed
2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed
4.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
85% significantly lower TDP
65 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

8 KiB
480 KiB
5899% significantly more L1 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
18 MiB
12% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

240th of 1,089
190th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Mobile
12th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 December
2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Ryzen 9 5900HS vs Core i5-12400 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-12400 beats the Ryzen 9 5900HS in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 5900HS in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 9 5900HS has slightly more cores with 8 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 5900HS has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-12400. A Ryzen 9 5900HS CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-12400 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5900HS has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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