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

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 12000 AMD Ryzen 5000
• Family
  Intel Core i5 Ryzen
• Generation
  12 4
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i5-11400F AMD Ryzen 5 4600H
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Form Factor
  - Desktops / Boxed Processor
• Series
  - Ryzen 5000 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 3.5 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  6 6
• CPU Threads
  12 12
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.4 GHz 4.4 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  4 GHz 4.2 GHz
• Core Configuration
  - 6x
• Max. Boost Clock
  - 4.4 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 None

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 5 5600 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 DDR4
• PCIe
  5.0 x 20 PCIe 4.0
• Memory Bandwidth
  - 51.2 GB/s
• System Memory Specification
  - 3200

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-12400F and AMD Ryzen 5 5600 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 90 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  65 W 65 W
• TDP (PL2)
  117 W -
• TDP down
  - 45 W
• Default TDP
  - 65 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-12400F and AMD Ryzen 5 5600, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Alder Lake S Vermeer (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 32 MB
• Release date
  Q1/2022 2022-04-04
• Socket
  LGA 1700 AM4
• Technology
  10 nm TSMC 7nm FinFET
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V, SVM
• Codename
  - Vermeer
• Documents
  - Technical data sheet
• L1-Cache
  - 0.375 MB
• Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
  - 100-100000927BOX
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  - 100-000000927
• Operating systems
  - Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
• Thermal Solution (PIB)
  - AMD Wraith Stealth