Intel Core i5-12400F vs AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 12000 AMD Ryzen 7040
• Family
  Intel Core i5 Ryzen
• Generation
  12 6
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i5-11400F -
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile
• Form Factor
  - Laptops / Desktops
• Series
  - Ryzen 7000 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 4 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  6 8
• CPU Threads
  12 16
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.4 GHz 5.2 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  4 GHz -
• Core Configuration
  - 8x Zen 4
• Max. Boost Clock
  - 5.2 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 780M
• DirectX Version
  - 12
• Execution units
  - 12
• Generation
  - 10
• GPU Frequency
  - 2800 MHz
• GPU Turbo
  - 2700 MHz
• Graphics Cores
  - 12
• Max. displays
  - 4
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 32 GB
• Release date
  - Q1/2023
• Shader
  - 768
• Technology
  - 4 nm

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

• AV1
  No Decode / Encode
• H.264 / AVC
  No Conflicting source values: Decode | 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
• VP9
  No Decode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS and Intel Core i5-12400F. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No Yes
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 256 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-3200DDR5-4800 DDR5 (FP7r2) / LPDDR5X (FP7-FP8)
• PCIe
  5.0 x 20 PCIe 4.0
• Memory Bandwidth
  - 89.6 GB/s

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-12400F and AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS 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 100 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  65 W -
• TDP (PL2)
  117 W -
• TDP down
  - 35 W
• Configurable TDP
  - 35-54 W
• Default TDP
  - 35-54 W
• TDP (PL1 / PBP, legacy combined label)
  - 54 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-12400F and AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Alder Lake S Phoenix (Zen 4)
• 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
  7.5 MB 8 MB
• L3-Cache
  18 MB 16 MB
• Part Number
  - 100-000001128
• Release date
  Q1/2022 2023-04-30
• Socket
  LGA 1700 FP7 / FP7r2 / FP8
• Technology
  10 nm TSMC 4nm FinFET
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V, SVM
• Chip design
  - Monolithic
• Codename
  - Phoenix
• Documents
  - Technical data sheet
• Operating systems
  - Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux