Intel Core i5-12400F vs AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Family
  Intel Core i5 AMD Ryzen 7
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 12000 AMD Ryzen 7000
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Generation
  12 6
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i5-11400F AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D

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.

• CPU Cores / Threads
  6 / 12 8 / 16
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Frequency
  2.50 GHz 4.70 GHz
• Overclocking
  No Yes

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
  no iGPU AMD Radeon Graphics (Raphael)
• GPU frequency
  0.40 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 2.20 GHz
• Execution units
  2
• Shader
  128
• Max. GPU Memory
  -- 8 GB
• Max. displays
  3
• Generation
  9
• Direct X
  -- 12
• Technology
  5 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2022

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D and Intel Core i5-12400F. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-3200DDR5-4800 DDR5-5200
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 128 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2 (Dual Channel)
• ECC
  No Yes
• PCIe
  5.0 x 20 5.0 x 24
• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-12400F and AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  65 W 170 W
• TDP (PL2)
  117 W 230 W
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 95 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-12400F and Intel Core i5-12400F, 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,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512
• L2-Cache
  7.50 MB 8.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  18.00 MB 96.00 MB
• Architecture
  Alder Lake S Raphael (Zen 4)
• Technology
  10 nm 5 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V, SVM
• Socket
  LGA 1700 AM5 (LGA 1718)
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q1/2023