AMD Ryzen 5 240 vs Intel Core i5 12400

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 5 240, vs Intel Core i5 12400. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 5 240 and Intel Core i5 12400
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 240
1712
Intel Core i5 12400
1710
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 240
12223
Intel Core i5 12400
12023
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 240
98
Intel Core i5 12400
99
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 240
718
Intel Core i5 12400
598
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 240
n/a
Intel Core i5 12400
3499
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 240
n/a
Intel Core i5 12400
19180
Integer Mathn/a59.8 GOps/s
Floating-Point Mathn/a46.6 GOps/s
Prime Number Searchn/a70 M primes/s
Random String Sortn/a22.7 M strings/s
Data Encryptionn/a11.6 GB/s
Data Compressionn/a232 MB/s
Physicsn/a1133 frames/s
Extended Instructionsn/a157 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 240
2461
Intel Core i5 12400
2245
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 240
10501
Intel Core i5 12400
9788
File Compressionn/a879.2 MB/s
Clang Compilationn/a65.6 KLines/s
HTML5 Browsern/a223.7 pages/s
PDF Renderingn/a275.6 MP/sec
Text Processingn/a225.9 pages/s
Background Blurn/a49.5 frames/s
Photo Processingn/a81.2 frames/s
Ray Tracingn/a15.1 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 240
n/a
Intel Core i5 12400
166.74

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 194.5 PPW 150.6 PPW
PassMark CPU / W n/a 295.1 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 13.3 PPW 9.2 PPW
Blender / W n/a 2.57 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Intel
Announced January, 7, 2025 January, 4, 2022
Type Laptop use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 4 (Hawk Point) Alder Lake
Model number n/a i5-12400
Integrated GPU Radeon 760M UHD Graphics 730

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 6 6
Threads 12 12
Frequency 4.3 GHz 2.5 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5 GHz 4.4 GHz
General
Cores count66
Threads count1212
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier43x25x
L1 cache64 KB/core80 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/core1280 KB/core
L3 Cache16 MB total18 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Process tech. 4 nm 10 nm
Power (TDP) 35-54 W 65 W
Max TDP (Boost) n/a 117 W
Socket FP8 LGA-1700
Critical temp. 100 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type - LPDDR5X-7500
- DDR5-5600
- DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
Max Size 256 GB 128 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No No
Max memory bandwidth n/a 76.8 GB

Other

PCIe Version 4.0 5.0
Max PCIe Lanes 20 20

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Intel Core i5 12400 the clear winner in this comparison.

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