AMD Ryzen 5 4500 vs Intel Core i5 12400F

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 5 4500, vs Intel Core i5 12400F. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 5 4500 and Intel Core i5 12400F
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 4500
1211
Intel Core i5 12400F
1704
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 4500
9305
Intel Core i5 12400F
12047
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 4500
74
Intel Core i5 12400F
88
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 4500
483
Intel Core i5 12400F
620
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 4500
2596
Intel Core i5 12400F
3487
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 4500
16112
Intel Core i5 12400F
19465
Integer Math49.8 GOps/s60 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math29.5 GOps/s46.8 GOps/s
Prime Number Search34 M primes/s72 M primes/s
Random String Sort24 M strings/s22.9 M strings/s
Data Encryption13.6 GB/s11.7 GB/s
Data Compression229.2 MB/s233.9 MB/s
Physics725 frames/s1207 frames/s
Extended Instructions152 M matrices/s158 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 4500
1580
Intel Core i5 12400F
2300
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 4500
6777
Intel Core i5 12400F
9477
File Compression586.6 MB/s789 MB/s
Clang Compilation59.5 KLines/s69.9 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser146.6 pages/s221 pages/s
PDF Rendering206.7 MP/sec263.7 MP/sec
Text Processing144.5 pages/s230 pages/s
Background Blur37.8 frames/s49.5 frames/s
Photo Processing57 frames/s77.9 frames/s
Ray Tracing10.7 MP/sec16.2 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 4500
125.61
Intel Core i5 12400F
161.36

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 104.3 PPW 145.8 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 247.9 PPW 299.5 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 7.4 PPW 9.5 PPW
Blender / W 1.93 PPW 2.48 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Intel
Announced April, 4, 2022 January, 4, 2022
Type PC use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 2 (Renoir) Alder Lake
Model number n/a i5-12400F
Integrated GPU No No

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 6 6
Threads 12 12
Frequency 3.6 GHz 2.5 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.1 GHz 4.4 GHz
General
Cores count66
Threads count1212
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier36x25x
L1 cache64 KB/core80 KB/core
L2 cache512 KB/core1280 KB/core
L3 Cache8 MB total18 MB total
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Package

Transistor count 9.8 billion n/a
Process tech. 7 nm 10 nm
Power (TDP) 65 W 65 W
Max TDP (Boost) 88 W 117 W
Socket AM4 LGA-1700
Critical temp. 95 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR4-3200 - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
Max Size 64 GB 128 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No No
Max memory bandwidth n/a 76.8 GB

Other

PCIe Version 3.0 5.0
Max PCIe Lanes 16 20

Results

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

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