amd ryzen 5 5600g vs intel core i5 12400
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We compared two CPUs AMD Ryzen 5 5600G (Desktop) 6-cores against Intel Core i5 12400 (Desktop) 6-cores. In this comparison page, we check which of these two processor has better performance in benchmark results, Games, architecture, price and other useful information.
Review
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Key Differences
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
- Unlocked multiplier
Advantages of Intel Core i5 12400
- Newer released 1 years later
- Around 25.6 GB/s (33%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- Has 2 MB larger L3 cache size
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
Specifications
General
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600G | Intel Core i5 12400 | |
| Vendor | AMD | Intel |
| Released | April 13 2021 | January 4 2022 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| instruction set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Cezanne | Alder Lake-S |
| Socket | AM4 | FCLGA1700 |
| Integrated GPU | AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 | Intel UHD Graphics 730 |
Performance
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600G | Intel Core i5 12400 | |
| Cores | 6 | 6 |
| Threads | 12 | 12 |
| Base Frequency | 3.9 GHz | 2.5 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency | 4.4 GHz | 4.4 GHz |
| L1 Cache | 64K (per core) | 80K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 512K (per core) | 1.25 MB (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 16 MB | 18 MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | Yes | No |
Power
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600G | Intel Core i5 12400 | |
| Fabrication process | 7 nm | Intel 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 W | 65 W |
| Max. temperature | 95°C | 100°C |
Memory support
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600G | Intel Core i5 12400 | |
| Memory types | DDR4-3200 | DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200 |
| Memory Size | GB | 128 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 2 | |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 51.196 GB/s | 76.8 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | No |
iGPU
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600G | Intel Core i5 12400 | |
| Integrated Graphics | AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 | Intel UHD Graphics 730 |
| GPU Base Clock | 300 MHz | 300 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | MHz | 1.45 MHz |
| Shading Units | 448 | 192 |
| TMUs | 28 | 48 |
| ROPs | 7 | 24 |
| Execution Units | 24 | |
| TGP | 0 W | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Misc
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600G | Intel Core i5 12400 | |
| Official site | AMD Ryzen 5 5600G official page | Intel Core i5 12400 official page |
| PCI Express Version | 4 | |
| PCI Express Lanes | 20 |