AMD Ryzen 5 8400F vs Intel Core i5 12400F

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 5 8400F, vs Intel Core i5 12400F. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 5 8400F 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 8400F
1601
Intel Core i5 12400F
1704
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 8400F
10972
Intel Core i5 12400F
12047
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 8400F
103
Intel Core i5 12400F
88
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 8400F
787
Intel Core i5 12400F
620
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 8400F
3684
Intel Core i5 12400F
3487
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 8400F
24476
Intel Core i5 12400F
19465
Integer Math74.3 GOps/s60 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math46.1 GOps/s46.8 GOps/s
Prime Number Search91 M primes/s72 M primes/s
Random String Sort34.6 M strings/s22.9 M strings/s
Data Encryption16.7 GB/s11.7 GB/s
Data Compression288.5 MB/s233.9 MB/s
Physics1374 frames/s1207 frames/s
Extended Instructions222 M matrices/s158 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 8400F
2541
Intel Core i5 12400F
2300
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 8400F
12058
Intel Core i5 12400F
9477
File Compression1320 MB/s789 MB/s
Clang Compilation84.7 KLines/s69.9 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser256.7 pages/s221 pages/s
PDF Rendering282 MP/sec263.7 MP/sec
Text Processing271.8 pages/s230 pages/s
Background Blur60.5 frames/s49.5 frames/s
Photo Processing97.2 frames/s77.9 frames/s
Ray Tracing18.3 MP/sec16.2 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 8400F
183.77
Intel Core i5 12400F
161.36

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 185.5 PPW 145.8 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 376.6 PPW 299.5 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 12.1 PPW 9.5 PPW
Blender / W 2.83 PPW 2.48 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Intel
Announced May, 14, 2024 January, 4, 2022
Type PC use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 4 (Phoenix) Alder Lake
Model number n/a i5-12400F
Integrated GPU No No

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 6 6
Threads 12 12
Frequency 4.2 GHz 2.5 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.7 GHz 4.4 GHz
General
Cores count66
Threads count1212
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier42x25x
L1 cache64 KB/core80 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/core1280 KB/core
L3 Cache16 MB total18 MB total
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Package

Transistor count 25 billion n/a
Process tech. 4 nm 10 nm
Power (TDP) 45-65 W 65 W
Max TDP (Boost) n/a 117 W
Socket AM5 LGA-1700
Critical temp. 95 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR5-5200 - 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

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Survey

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2 (66.67%)
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Total Votes: 3

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