AMD Ryzen 7 4700U vs Intel Core i5-12400. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Family
  AMD Ryzen Intel Core i5
• Generation
  3 12
• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 4000U Intel Core i 12000
• 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.

• Frequency
  2.00 GHz 2.50 GHz
• Turbo (1 Core)
  4.10 GHz 4.40 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

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
  AMD Radeon 7 Graphics (Renoir) Intel UHD Graphics 730
• GPU frequency
  1.60 GHz 0.30 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 1.45 GHz
• Execution units
  7 24
• Shader
  448 192
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 64 GB
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Generation
  9 12
• Technology
  7 nm 14 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2020 Q1/2021

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
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No Decode
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-12400 and AMD Ryzen 7 4700U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

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

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 7 4700U and Intel Core i5-12400 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

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

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 7 4700U and AMD Ryzen 7 4700U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
• L2-Cache
  -- 7.50 MB
• L3-Cache
  8.00 MB 18.00 MB
• Architecture
  Renoir (Zen 2) Alder Lake S
• Technology
  7 nm 10 nm
• Socket
  FP6 LGA 1700
• Release date
  Q1/2020 Q1/2022