AMD Ryzen 7 2700 vs Intel Core i5 12400F

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 7 2700 with 8 cores 3.2GHz and Intel Core i5 12400F with 6 cores 2.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 7 2700 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.2GHz vs 2.5GHz)

Intel Core i5 12400F 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 9 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR5-4800 vs DDR4-2933)

Larger memory bandwidth (76.8GB/s vs 43.71GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)

Larger L3 cache size (18MB vs 16MB)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 2700

1058

Intel Core i5 12400F +55%

1647

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 2700

8982

Intel Core i5 12400F +37%

12344

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 2700

1115

Intel Core i5 12400F +106%

2301

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 2700

6098

Intel Core i5 12400F +55%

9475

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 2700

1013

Intel Core i5 12400F +60%

1628

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 2700

6735

Intel Core i5 12400F +26%

8519

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 2700

2173

Intel Core i5 12400F +61%

3513

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 2700

15640

Intel Core i5 12400F +25%

19551

AMD Ryzen 7 2700

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Intel Core i5 12400F

General Parameters

Apr 2018

Release Date

Jan 2022

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen+

Core Architecture

Alder Lake

-

Processor Number

i5-12400F

AM4

Socket

LGA-1700

N/A

Integrated Graphics

No

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

12 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

AM4

Socket

LGA-1700

65 W

Power Consumption

65 W

-

Max Turbo Power Consumption

117 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

6

16

Performance Core Threads

12

3.2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.5 GHz

4.1 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.4 GHz

8

Total Core Count

6

16

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

36x

Multiplier

25x

96 K per core

L1 Cache

80 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

1280 K per core

16 MB shared

L3 Cache

18 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2933

Memory Types

DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200

64 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

43.71 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 7 2700

Official Website

Intel Core i5 12400F

3.0

PCIe Version

5.0

20

PCIe Lanes

20

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