AMD Ryzen 5 8400F vs Intel Core i5 12600K

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AMD Ryzen 5 8400F

Intel Core i5 12600K

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 8400F with 6 cores 4.2GHz and Intel Core i5 12600K with 10 cores 3.7GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 8400F 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 7 months late

Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 4800)

Larger memory bandwidth (83.2GB/s vs 76.8GB/s)

Higher base frequency (4.2GHz vs 3.7GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 10nm)

Lower TDP (65W vs 125W)

Intel Core i5 12600K 's Advantages

Integrated graphics card

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 4.0)

Larger L3 cache size (20MB vs 16MB)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 8400F

1691

Intel Core i5 12600K +12%

1908

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 8400F

13361

Intel Core i5 12600K +32%

17648

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 8400F

2500

Intel Core i5 12600K +1%

2548

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 8400F

10760

Intel Core i5 12600K +13%

12188

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 8400F

3553

Intel Core i5 12600K +11%

3956

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 8400F

23127

Intel Core i5 12600K +19%

27733

AMD Ryzen 5 8400F

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Intel Core i5 12600K

General Parameters

May 2024

Release Date

Oct 2021

Amd

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 4 (Phoenix)

Core Architecture

Alder Lake

-

Processor Number

i5-12600K

AM5

Socket

LGA-1700

No

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 770

Ryzen 5 (Zen 4 (Phoenix))

Generation

-

Package

25 billions

Transistor Count

-

4 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

45-65 W

Power Consumption

125 W

-

Max Turbo Power Consumption

150 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

TSMC

Foundry

-

178 mm²

Die Size

-

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

6

12

Performance Core Threads

12

4.2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.7 GHz

4.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.9 GHz

-

Efficiency Cores

4

-

Efficiency Core Threads

4

-

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

2.8 GHz

-

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

3.6 GHz

6

Total Core Count

10

12

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

42

Multiplier

37x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

80 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

9728 K shared

16 MB shared

L3 Cache

20 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

1

SMP

-

Memory Parameters

DDR5-5200

Memory Types

DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200

256 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

83.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

-

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

300 MHz

-

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1450 MHz

-

Shader Units

256

-

Texture Units

16

-

Raster Operation Units

8

-

Execution Units

32

-

Power Consumption

15 W

-

Graphics Performance

0.78 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 8400F

Official Website

Intel Core i5 12600K

4.0

PCIe Version

5.0

20

PCIe Lanes

20

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