intel core i5 12400 vs amd ryzen 5 3600

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We compared two CPUs Intel Core i5 12400 (Desktop) 6-cores against AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (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 Intel Core i5 12400 and AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Advantages of Intel Core i5 12400
  • Newer released 3 years later
  • Around 25.6 GB/s (33%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • 5% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.4 GHz vs 4.2 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 3600
  • Has 14 MB larger L3 cache size
  • Unlocked multiplier

Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
1720
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
12049
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
3540
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
19566
17827
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
1631
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
8737

Specifications

Full technical specification of core i5 12400 and ryzen 5 3600

General

Intel Core i5 12400 AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Vendor Intel AMD
Released January 4 2022 July 7 2019
Type Desktop Desktop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake-S Matisse
Socket FCLGA1700 AM4
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 730 -

Performance

Intel Core i5 12400 AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Cores 6 6
Threads 12 12
Base Frequency 2.5 GHz 3.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency 4.4 GHz 4.2 GHz
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 96K (per core)
L2 Cache 1.25 MB (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 18 MB (shared) 32 MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Power

Intel Core i5 12400 AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Fabrication process Intel 7 nm 7 nm, 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 W 65 W
Max. temperature 100°C °C

Memory support

Intel Core i5 12400 AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Memory types DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200 DDR4 Dual-channel
Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 76.8 GB/s 51.196 GB/s
ECC Support No No

iGPU

Intel Core i5 12400 AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 730 -
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1.45 MHz MHz
Shading Units 192
TMUs 48
ROPs 24
Execution Units 24
TGP 15 W W
iGPU FLOPS
0.35 TFLOPS
TFLOPS

Misc

Intel Core i5 12400 AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Official site Intel Core i5 12400 official page AMD Ryzen 5 3600 official page
PCI Express Version
PCI Express Lanes 20

Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 or Intel Core i5 12400?