AMD Ryzen 5 5500 vs Intel Core i5-12400F

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General info

Comparing Core i5-12400F and Ryzen 5 5500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking528532
Place by popularity16
Value for money59.2950.76
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Architecture codenameAlder Lake-S (2022)Cezanne (2021−2022)
Release date4 January 2022 (2 years old)4 April 2022 (1 year old)
Current price$168 $195
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

i5-12400F has 17% better value for money than Ryzen 5 5500.

Technical specs

Core i5-12400F and Ryzen 5 5500 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores6 (Hexa-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads1212
Base clock speed2.5 GHz3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed4.4 GHz4.2 GHz
L1 cache80K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache1.25 MB (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache18 MB (shared)16 MB
Chip lithographyIntel 7 nm7 nm
Die size163 mm2180 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data95 °C
Number of transistorsno data10,700 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplierNoYes

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-12400F and Ryzen 5 5500 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11
SocketFCLGA1700AM4
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-12400F and Ryzen 5 5500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2no data
AES-NI++
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX+no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
StatusLaunchedno data

Security technologies

Core i5-12400F and Ryzen 5 5500 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-12400F and Ryzen 5 5500 are enumerated here.

AMD-Vno data+
VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i5-12400F and Ryzen 5 5500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5-4800, DDR4-3200DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size128 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth76.8 GB/sno data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-12400F and Ryzen 5 5500.

PCIe version5.0 and 4.03.0
PCI Express lanes20no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

i5-12400F 12.73
+0.5%
Ryzen 5 5500 12.67

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

i5-12400F 19549
+0.4%
Ryzen 5 5500 19463

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

i5-12400F 2192
+17.2%
Ryzen 5 5500 1871

Core i5-12400F outperforms Ryzen 5 5500 by 17% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

i5-12400F 8914
+16%
Ryzen 5 5500 7686

Core i5-12400F outperforms Ryzen 5 5500 by 16% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 12.73 12.67
Recency 4 January 2022 4 April 2022

We couldn't decide between Core i5-12400F and Ryzen 5 5500. The differences in performance seem too small.


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