Intel Core i5 12400F vs AMD Ryzen 5 7600

49 out of 100
Intel Core i5 12400F
VS
60 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 7600

We compared two 6-core desktop CPUs: the 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 12400F against the 3.8 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 7600. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
66.9
(Good)
Value Index
88.4
(Very good)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7600 and 12400F
Advantages of Intel Core i5 12400F
  • Around 3.4 GB/s (5%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 7600
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 10 nanometers
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Has 14 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Newer - released 1 year later
  • 16% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.1 GHz vs 4.4 GHz)
  • 22% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2797 vs 2300 points
  • Includes an integrated GPU Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 597
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 3144

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2797
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
12486
File compression 789 MB/sec 1280 MB/sec
Clang compilation 69.9 Klines/sec 89.8 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 221 pages/sec 271.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 263.7 Mpixels/sec 313.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 230 pages/sec 281.5 pages/sec
Background blur 49.5 images/sec 55.7 images/sec
Photo processing 77.9 images/sec 89.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 16.2 Mpixels/sec 16.4 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1128 & 788 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
3907
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
26969
Integer math 60.1 GOps/sec 80.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 46.9 GOps/sec 48 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 74M Primes/sec 198M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 23.2M Strings/sec 36.2M Strings/sec
Data encryption 11.7 GBytes/sec 17.6 GBytes/sec
Data compression 233.1 MBytes/sec 303.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 1257 Frames/sec 1750 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 15.9B Matrices/sec 23B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 17200 & 6830 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
200.8

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 9.8 PPW 11.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 145.8 PPW 192.1 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 300.8 PPW 414.9 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.48 PPW 3.09 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i5 12400F
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-24 (Ecstatify)Geekbench 6 CPU2918 / 13277
πŸ“˜ 2025-08-17 (Olini)Cinebench 2024101 / 664
πŸ“˜ 2025-07-21 (Rolling Manatee)Cinebench 202495 / 640
πŸ“˜ 2025-05-12 (inoklike)Cinebench 202493 / 646
πŸ“˜ 2025-03-04 (RD)Cinebench 202488 / 620
AMD Ryzen 5 7600
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-22 (appiar)Cinebench 2026582 / 3131
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-22 -> Lello75Cinebench 2026611 / 3435
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-27 -> Lello75Geekbench 6 CPU2856 / 13297
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-27 (Parrott)Cinebench 2026597 / 3144
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-16 -> Lello75Geekbench 6 CPU2859 / 13080

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 12400F and AMD Ryzen 5 7600

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 4, 2022 January 10, 2023
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Zen 4 (Raphael)
Model number i5-12400F -
Integrated GPU No Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i5 13600
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 225F -
Intel CPU rating (#162nd place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#67th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 12 12
Base Frequency (P) 2.5 GHz 3.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.4 GHz 5.1 GHz
Total
Total Cores 6 6
Total Threads 12 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 25x 38x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 18MB (shared) 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Transistors - 6.57 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 65 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 117 W 88 W
Socket LGA-1700 AM5
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 95Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (108th and 79th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics - Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
GPU Base Clock - 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock - 2200 MHz
Shading Units - 128
TMUs - 8
ROPs - 4
Execution Units - 2
TGP - 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
0.6 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- DDR5-5200
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 76.8 GB/s 73.4 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 12400F official page AMD Ryzen 5 7600 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 28

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Total votes: 103

Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 5 7600 or Intel Core i5 12400F?
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Gaurav August 1, 2023 at 09:47 PM
AMD will be best if it also supports ddr4 RAMs. which makes it more cost efficient.
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