Ryzen 7 5700X vs Core i5-12400F

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Aggregated performance score

Core i5-12400F
2022
6 cores / 12 threads
12.64
Ryzen 7 5700X
2022
8 cores / 16 threads
17.27
+36.6%

Ryzen 7 5700X outperforms Core i5-12400F by 37% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Core i5-12400F and Ryzen 7 5700X processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking544332
Place by popularity231
Value for money57.2246.85
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Architecture codenameAlder Lake-S (2022)Vermeer (Zen 3)
Release date4 January 2022 (2 years ago)4 April 2022 (2 years ago)
Current price$168 $307

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

i5-12400F has 22% better value for money than Ryzen 7 5700X.

Technical specs

Core i5-12400F and Ryzen 7 5700X 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)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads1216
Base clock speed2.5 GHz3.4 GHz
Boost clock speed4.4 GHz4.6 GHz
L1 cache80K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache1.25 MB (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache18 MB (shared)32 MB (shared)
Chip lithographyIntel 7 nm7 nm
Die size163 mm281 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data95 °C
Number of transistorsno data4,150 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplierNoYes

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-12400F and Ryzen 7 5700X 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 7 5700X. 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 7 5700X 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 7 5700X 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 7 5700X. 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 7 5700X.

PCIe version5.0 and 4.04.0
PCI Express lanes2020

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 12.64
Ryzen 7 5700X 17.27
+36.6%

Ryzen 7 5700X outperforms Core i5-12400F by 37% based on our aggregated benchmark results.


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 19552
Ryzen 7 5700X 26707
+36.6%

Ryzen 7 5700X outperforms Core i5-12400F by 37% in Passmark.

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 2195
+3.4%
Ryzen 7 5700X 2122

Core i5-12400F outperforms Ryzen 7 5700X by 3% 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 8937
Ryzen 7 5700X 9737
+9%

Ryzen 7 5700X outperforms Core i5-12400F by 9% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

i5-12400F 8389
+28.5%
Ryzen 7 5700X 6527

Core i5-12400F outperforms Ryzen 7 5700X by 29% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

i5-12400F 40690
Ryzen 7 5700X 42876
+5.4%

Ryzen 7 5700X outperforms Core i5-12400F by 5% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

i5-12400F 11892
Ryzen 7 5700X 14862
+25%

Ryzen 7 5700X outperforms Core i5-12400F by 25% in 3DMark06 CPU.

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

i5-12400F 4.08
Ryzen 7 5700X 3.39
+20.4%

Core i5-12400F outperforms Ryzen 7 5700X by 20% in wPrime 32.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

i5-12400F 20
Ryzen 7 5700X 26
+29.7%

Ryzen 7 5700X outperforms Core i5-12400F by 30% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

i5-12400F 1759
Ryzen 7 5700X 2329
+32.4%

Ryzen 7 5700X outperforms Core i5-12400F by 32% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

i5-12400F 244
Ryzen 7 5700X 253
+3.7%

Ryzen 7 5700X outperforms Core i5-12400F by 4% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

i5-12400F 2.95
+0.3%
Ryzen 7 5700X 2.94

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i5-12400F 9.3
Ryzen 7 5700X 13.4
+44.1%

Ryzen 7 5700X outperforms Core i5-12400F by 44% in TrueCrypt AES.

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i5-12400F 7816
Ryzen 7 5700X 12478
+59.6%

Ryzen 7 5700X outperforms Core i5-12400F by 60% in WinRAR 4.0.

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i5-12400F 253
Ryzen 7 5700X 305
+20.8%

Ryzen 7 5700X outperforms Core i5-12400F by 21% in x264 encoding pass 1.

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i5-12400F 101
Ryzen 7 5700X 135
+32.9%

Ryzen 7 5700X outperforms Core i5-12400F by 33% in x264 encoding pass 2.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 12.64 17.27
Recency 4 January 2022 4 April 2022
Physical cores 6 8
Threads 12 16

The Ryzen 7 5700X is our recommended choice as it beats the Core i5-12400F in performance tests.


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