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Ryzen 9 5900HX vs Core i5-12400

Ryzen 9 5900HX vs Core i5-12400: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Core i5-12400 outperforms Ryzen 9 5900HX on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i5-12400 is 357 days newer than Ryzen 9 5900HX.

Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

  • Consumes up to 31% less energy than Intel Core i5-12400 - 45 vs 65 Watts
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-12400 - 16 vs 12 threads

Advantages of Intel Core i5-12400

  • Performs up to 2% better in Forza Horizon 5 than Ryzen 9 5900HX - 179 vs 176 FPS
This is a free version of Forza Horizon 5.
Forza Horizon 5

Forza Horizon 5

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AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX Logo
Ryzen 9 5900HX

Mobile • Jan 12th, 2021


FPS

176

98%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022


FPS

179

100%

Value, €/FPS

€0.72/FPS

100%

Price, €

€129.34

100%

FPS and Value Winner

Intel Core i5-12400 Desktop Processor 18M Cache, up to 4.40 GHz

Buy for 129.34 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 219 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

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AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX Logo
Ryzen 9 5900HX

Mobile • Jan 12th, 2021

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX Logo
Ryzen 9 5900HX

Mobile • Jan 12th, 2021


Single-Core

1842

85%

Multi-Core

7527

85%

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022


Single-Core

2179

100%

Multi-Core

8847

100%

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX Logo

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

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Intel Core i5-12400 Logo

Intel Core i5-12400

Jan 12th, 2021Release Date
Jan 4th, 2022
Ryzen 9CollectionCore i5
CezanneCodenameAlder Lake
AMD Socket FP6SocketIntel Socket 1700
Mobile
Segment
Desktop
8
Cores6
16
Threads12
3.3 GHz
Base Clock Speed2.5 GHz
4.6 GHz
Turbo Clock Speed4.4 GHz
45 W
TDP65 W
7 nm
Process Size10 nm
30.0x
Multiplier25.0x
Radeon Vega 8Integrated GraphicsUHD Graphics 730
NoOverclockableNo

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