Intel Core i5 12400F vs AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

Compared 2 processors: Intel Core i5 12400F, vs AMD Ryzen 9 5950X. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Intel Core i5 12400F and AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
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)
Intel Core i5 12400F
1704
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
1614
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core i5 12400F
12047
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
26017
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i5 12400F
88
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
94
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i5 12400F
620
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
1464
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
Intel Core i5 12400F
3487
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
3469
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
Intel Core i5 12400F
19465
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
45479
Integer Math60 GOps/s186.1 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math46.8 GOps/s100.2 GOps/s
Prime Number Search72 M primes/s229 M primes/s
Random String Sort22.9 M strings/s65.3 M strings/s
Data Encryption11.7 GB/s39.7 GB/s
Data Compression233.9 MB/s625.2 MB/s
Physics1207 frames/s1884 frames/s
Extended Instructions158 M matrices/s405 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i5 12400F
2300
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
2276
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core i5 12400F
9477
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
12728
File Compression789 MB/s1120 MB/s
Clang Compilation69.9 KLines/s147.1 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser221 pages/s224.5 pages/s
PDF Rendering263.7 MP/sec372.1 MP/sec
Text Processing230 pages/s222.5 pages/s
Background Blur49.5 frames/s28.4 frames/s
Photo Processing77.9 frames/s85 frames/s
Ray Tracing16.2 MP/sec38.4 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
Intel Core i5 12400F
161.36
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
413.83

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 145.8 PPW 121.2 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 299.5 PPW 433.1 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 9.5 PPW 13.9 PPW
Blender / W 2.48 PPW 3.94 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer Intel AMD
Announced January, 4, 2022 October, 8, 2020
Type PC use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Zen 3 (Vermeer)
Model number i5-12400F n/a
Integrated GPU No No

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 6 16
Threads 12 32
Frequency 2.5 GHz 3.4 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.4 GHz 4.9 GHz
General
Cores count616
Threads count1232
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier25x34x
L1 cache80 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache1280 KB/core512 KB/core
L3 Cache18 MB total64 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoYes

Package

Transistor count n/a 4.15 billion
Process tech. 10 nm 7 nm
Power (TDP) 65 W 105 W
Max TDP (Boost) 117 W 142 W
Socket LGA-1700 AM4
Critical temp. 100 °C 95 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
DDR4-3200
Max Size 128 GB 128 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No Yes
Max memory bandwidth 76.8 GB 47.68 GB

Other

PCIe Version 5.0 4.0
Max PCIe Lanes 20 20

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Ryzen 9 5950X the clear winner in this comparison.

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