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Key Differences
In short — Ryzen 7 7700X outperforms the cheaper Core i5-12400 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Core i5-12400 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Ryzen 7 7700X is 266 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-12400.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
- Performs up to 6% better in Baldur's Gate 3 than Core i5-12400 - 132 vs 124 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-12400 - 16 vs 12 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i5-12400
- Up to 7% cheaper than Ryzen 7 7700X - £270.37 vs £289.99
- Up to 1% better value when playing Baldur's Gate 3 than Ryzen 7 7700X - £2.18 vs £2.2 per FPS
- Consumes up to 38% less energy than AMD Ryzen 7 7700X - 65 vs 105 Watts
Baldur's Gate 3
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
AMD Ryzen™ 7 7700X Desktop Processor (8-core/16-thread, 40MB cache, up to 5.4 GHz max boost)
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Core i5-12400
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
FPS
124
93%
Value, £/FPS
£2.18/FPS
100%
Price, £
£270.37
100%
Value Winner
Intel Core i5-12400 2.5GHz LGA1700 Box
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Updated 12995 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Ryzen 7 7700X
Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022
Core i5-12400
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X | vs | Intel Core i5-12400 |
|---|---|---|
Sep 27th, 2022 | Release Date | Jan 4th, 2022 |
| Ryzen 7 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Raphael | Codename | Alder Lake |
| AMD Socket AM5 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 | Cores | 6 |
16 | Threads | 12 |
4.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.5 GHz |
5.4 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.4 GHz |
| 105 W | TDP | 65 W |
5 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
45.0x | Multiplier | 25.0x |
| Radeon Graphics | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 730 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Ryzen 7 7700X or Core i5-12400
Baldur's Gate 3, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
66 FPS
£24.07/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile
Core i5-12400
16 GB, 1 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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£1,588.88
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99 FPS
£19.7/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 7 7700X
16 GB, N/A Storage
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99 FPS
£16.11/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 7 7700X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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