amd ryzen 7 5800 vs intel core i5 12400f

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We compared two CPUs AMD Ryzen 7 5800 (Desktop) 8-cores against Intel Core i5 12400F (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

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved

Key Differences

What are the key differences between AMD Ryzen 7 5800 and Intel Core i5 12400F
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 5800
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Has 14 MB larger L3 cache size
  • 4% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.6 GHz vs 4.4 GHz)
  • Unlocked multiplier
Advantages of Intel Core i5 12400F
  • Newer released 2 years later
  • Around 25.6 GB/s (33%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth

Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
14085
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
25794
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)

Specifications

Full technical specification of ryzen 7 5800 and core i5 12400f

General

AMD Ryzen 7 5800 Intel Core i5 12400F
Vendor AMD Intel
Released November 5 2020 January 4 2022
Type Desktop Desktop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Vermeer Alder Lake-S
Socket AM4 FCLGA1700
Integrated GPU -

Performance

AMD Ryzen 7 5800 Intel Core i5 12400F
Cores 8 6
Threads 16 12
Base Frequency 3.4 GHz 2.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency 4.6 GHz 4.4 GHz
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 1.25 MB (per core)
L3 Cache 32 MB 18 MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Power

AMD Ryzen 7 5800 Intel Core i5 12400F
Fabrication process 7 nm, 12 nm Intel 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 W 65 W
Max. temperature °C 100°C

Memory support

AMD Ryzen 7 5800 Intel Core i5 12400F
Memory types DDR4-3200 DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Memory Size 128 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 7 5800 Intel Core i5 12400F
Integrated Graphics -

Misc

AMD Ryzen 7 5800 Intel Core i5 12400F
Official site AMD Ryzen 7 5800 official page Intel Core i5 12400F official page
PCI Express Version 4
PCI Express Lanes 20

Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Intel Core i5 12400F or AMD Ryzen 7 5800?