AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X vs Intel Core i5-12400

Compare AMD Ryzen Threadripper 12 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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Intel Core i5-12400

Price

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$ 199.99

$ 153.99

$ 46.00 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6843 points

7038 points

2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6962 points

9694 points

39% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6803 points

9% slightly better multitasking score

6210 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6788 points

12% slightly better heavy workload score

6013 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8387 points

41% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

5938 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

206.91 points

25% slightly higher Blender score

164.62 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6100 points

8911 points

46% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1097 points

2130 points

94% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7137 points

8875 points

24% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1179 points

2207 points

87% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz

40% slightly higher clock speed

2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz

4.4 GHz

4% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

180 W

65 W

176% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

1152 KiB

139% significantly 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

216th of 1,118

200th of 1,118

Family

The product line

Ryzen Threadripper

12th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 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

Ryzen Threadripper 1920X vs Core i5-12400 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-12400 performs better than the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Core i5-12400 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12400. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12400. Despite this, the Core i5-12400 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-12400 outputs less heat than Ryzen Threadripper 1920X 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 Threadripper 1920X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.