Intel Core i5-12400F vs AMD Ryzen 5 6600U. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 12000 AMD Ryzen 6000U
• Family
  Intel Core i5 Ryzen
• Generation
  12 5
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i5-11400F AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile
• Form Factor
  - Laptops / Desktops
• Series
  - Ryzen 6000 Series

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  6x Golden Cove -
• Base Frequency
  2.5 GHz 2.9 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  6 6
• CPU Threads
  12 12
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.4 GHz 4.4 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  4 GHz 3.8 GHz
• Max. Boost Clock
  - 4.5 GHz

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
  None AMD Radeon 660M
• DirectX Version
  - 12
• Execution units
  - 8
• Generation
  - 9
• GPU Frequency
  - 1900 MHz
• GPU Turbo
  - No turbo
• Graphics Cores
  - 6
• Max. displays
  - 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 8 GB
• Release date
  - Q1/2022
• Shader
  - 512
• Technology
  - 6 nm

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

• AV1
  No Decode
• H.264 / AVC
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  No Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  No Decode
• VP8
  No Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 5 6600U and Intel Core i5-12400F. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 64 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-3200DDR5-4800 DDR5
• PCIe
  5.0 x 20 PCIe 4.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-12400F and AMD Ryzen 5 6600U Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  100 °C 95 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  65 W 15 W
• TDP (PL2)
  117 W -
• TDP up
  - 28 W
• Configurable TDP
  - 15-28 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-12400F and AMD Ryzen 5 6600U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Alder Lake S Rembrandt (Zen 3+)
• 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
  7.5 MB 3 MB
• L3-Cache
  18 MB 16 MB
• Release date
  Q1/2022 2022-04-19
• Socket
  LGA 1700 FP7
• Technology
  10 nm TSMC 6nm FinFET
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V, SVM
• Codename
  - Rembrandt
• L1-Cache
  - 0.375 MB
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  - FP7:100-000000536 FP7r2: 100-000000548
• Operating systems
  - Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit