Ryzen 7 5825U vs i5-12400F

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Aggregate performance score

Core i5-12400F
2022
6 cores / 12 threads, 65 Watt
12.29
+6.5%
Ryzen 7 5825U
2022
8 cores / 16 threads, 15 Watt
11.54

Core i5-12400F outperforms Ryzen 7 5825U by a small 6% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Core i5-12400F and Ryzen 7 5825U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking631681
Place by popularity2not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation46.21no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)
Power efficiency17.9172.85
Architecture codenameAlder Lake-S (2022)Barcelo-U (Zen 3) (2022)
Release date4 January 2022 (2 years ago)6 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$180no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Core i5-12400F and Ryzen 7 5825U 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 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed4.4 GHz4.5 GHz
L1 cache80K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache1.25 MB (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache18 MB (shared)16 MB (shared)
Chip lithographyIntel 7 nm7 nm
Die size163 mm2180 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C95 °C
Number of transistorsno data10,700 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-12400F and Ryzen 7 5825U 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
SocketFCLGA1700FP6
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-12400F and Ryzen 7 5825U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI++
FMA-+
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX+-
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
Precision Boost 2no data+
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Core i5-12400F and Ryzen 7 5825U 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 5825U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++
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 5825U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

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

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 2000 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-12400F and Ryzen 7 5825U.

PCIe version5.0 and 4.03.0
PCI Express lanes2016

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 12.29
+6.5%
Ryzen 7 5825U 11.54

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.

i5-12400F 19520
+6.5%
Ryzen 7 5825U 18336

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.

i5-12400F 2219
+28.6%
Ryzen 7 5825U 1725

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.

i5-12400F 9101
+43%
Ryzen 7 5825U 6363

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.

i5-12400F 8389
+33.1%
Ryzen 7 5825U 6304

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.

i5-12400F 40690
+24.7%
Ryzen 7 5825U 32641

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.

i5-12400F 11892
+5.3%
Ryzen 7 5825U 11292

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.

i5-12400F 4.08
+125%
Ryzen 7 5825U 9.2

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.

i5-12400F 20
+9.9%
Ryzen 7 5825U 19

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

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

i5-12400F 1759
Ryzen 7 5825U 1778
+1.1%

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.

i5-12400F 244
+5.4%
Ryzen 7 5825U 232

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.

i5-12400F 2.95
+7.3%
Ryzen 7 5825U 2.75

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.

i5-12400F 9.3
+6.9%
Ryzen 7 5825U 8.7

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.

i5-12400F 7816
+34%
Ryzen 7 5825U 5835

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.  

i5-12400F 101
+1%
Ryzen 7 5825U 100

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.  

i5-12400F 253
+1.2%
Ryzen 7 5825U 250

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

i5-12400F 9517
+40.3%
Ryzen 7 5825U 6782

Blender(-)

i5-12400F 269
Ryzen 7 5825U 303
+12.5%

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

i5-12400F 1742
+18.7%
Ryzen 7 5825U 1468

7-Zip Single

i5-12400F 5476
+0.7%
Ryzen 7 5825U 5437

7-Zip

i5-12400F 45043
Ryzen 7 5825U 47589
+5.7%

WebXPRT 3

i5-12400F 272
+2.1%
Ryzen 7 5825U 267

CrossMark Overall

i5-12400F 1762
+34.4%
Ryzen 7 5825U 1311

WebXPRT 4 Overall

i5-12400F 235
+10.3%
Ryzen 7 5825U 213

Blender v3.3 Classroom CPU(-)

i5-12400F 430
Ryzen 7 5825U 543
+26.2%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 12.29 11.54
Physical cores 6 8
Threads 12 16
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 15 Watt

i5-12400F has a 6.5% higher aggregate performance score.

Ryzen 7 5825U, on the other hand, has 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads, and 333.3% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Core i5-12400F and Ryzen 7 5825U.

Note that Core i5-12400F is a desktop processor while Ryzen 7 5825U is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Core i5-12400F and Ryzen 7 5825U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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