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Intel Core i5 12400F vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

49 out of 100
Intel Core i5 12400F
VS
45 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
Intel Core i5 12400F
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

We compared two 6-core desktop CPUs: the 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 12400F against the 3.9 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 5600G. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
66.9
(Good)
Value Index
44.2
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 5600G and 12400F
Advantages of Intel Core i5 12400F
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • Newer - released 9 months later
  • 19% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2300 vs 1938 points
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 10 nanometers
  • Includes an integrated GPU Radeon RX Vega 7

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i5 12400F
vs
Ryzen 5 5600G

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 409
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 2218
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Core i5 12400F +19%
2300
Ryzen 5 5600G
1938
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i5 12400F +14%
9477
Ryzen 5 5600G
8288
File compression 789 MB/sec 773.3 MB/sec
Clang compilation 69.9 Klines/sec 64.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 221 pages/sec 141.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 263.7 Mpixels/sec 231 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 230 pages/sec 210.7 pages/sec
Background blur 49.5 images/sec 42.1 images/sec
Photo processing 77.9 images/sec 55.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 16.2 Mpixels/sec 16.2 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1128 & 1112 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i5 12400F +10%
3486
Ryzen 5 5600G
3178
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 60.1 GOps/sec 66.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math 46.9 GOps/sec 37.8 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 74M Primes/sec 56M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 23.2M Strings/sec 25.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption 11.7 GBytes/sec 15.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 233.1 MBytes/sec 248.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 1257 Frames/sec 889 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 15.9B Matrices/sec 17.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 17200 & 15922 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i5 12400F +8%
161.36
Ryzen 5 5600G
150.02

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 9.8 PPW 9.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 145.8 PPW 127.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 300.8 PPW 301.9 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.48 PPW 2.31 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i5 12400F
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-24 (Ecstatify)Geekbench 6 CPU2918 / 13277
πŸ“˜ 2025-08-17 (Olini)Cinebench 2024101 / 664
πŸ“˜ 2025-07-21 (Rolling Manatee)Cinebench 202495 / 640
πŸ“˜ 2025-05-12 (inoklike)Cinebench 202493 / 646
πŸ“˜ 2025-03-04 (RD)Cinebench 202488 / 620
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AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-05 (krek)Cinebench 2026433 / 2333
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-26 (Zhyn)Cinebench 2026335 / 1764
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-17 (Chakib)Cinebench 202483 / 575
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-07 (TakoyakiCandil)Cinebench 202492 / 646
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-27 (GreyArcanine)Cinebench 2026409 / 2218
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 12400F and AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 4, 2022 April 13, 2021
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Zen 3 (Cezanne)
Model number i5-12400F -
Integrated GPU No Radeon RX Vega 7
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 225F - AMD Ryzen 5 8600G
Intel CPU rating (#163rd place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#140th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 12 12
Base Frequency (P) 2.5 GHz 3.9 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.4 GHz 4.4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 6 6
Total Threads 12 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 25x 39x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 18MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Transistors - 10.7 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 45-65 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 117 W 88 W
Socket LGA-1700 AM4
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 95Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (108th and 131st place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics - Radeon RX Vega 7
GPU Base Clock - 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock - 1900 MHz
Shading Units - 448
TMUs - 28
ROPs - 8
Execution Units - 7
TGP - 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i5 12400F
n/a
Ryzen 5 5600G
1.7 TFLOPS
See: Radeon RX Vega 7 benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200		 - DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 76.8 GB/s -
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 12400F official page AMD Ryzen 5 5600G official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 24

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Comments

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