Intel Core i5-12400 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600H. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Family
  Intel Core i5 AMD Ryzen
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 12000 AMD Ryzen 5000H
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile
• Generation
  12 4
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i5-11400 --

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Frequency
  2.50 GHz 3.30 GHz
• Turbo (1 Core)
  4.40 GHz 4.20 GHz
• Turbo (6 Cores)
  4.00 GHz 3.80 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No No

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  Intel UHD Graphics 730 AMD Radeon 6 Graphics (Renoir)
• GPU frequency
  0.30 GHz 1.60 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.45 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  24 6
• Shader
  192 384
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB 2 GB
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Generation
  12 9
• Technology
  14 nm 7 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2021 Q1/2020

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  Decode No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 5 5600H and Intel Core i5-12400. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-3200DDR5-4800 DDR4-3200
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 64 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• ECC
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-12400 and AMD Ryzen 5 5600H to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  65 W 45 W
• TDP (PL2)
  117 W --
• TDP up
  -- 54 W
• TDP down
  -- 35 W
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 105 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-12400 and Intel Core i5-12400, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L2-Cache
  7.50 MB 4.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  18.00 MB 16.00 MB
• Architecture
  Alder Lake S Cezanne (Zen 3)
• Technology
  10 nm 7 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V, SVM
• Socket
  LGA 1700 FP6
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q2/2021