Intel Core i5-12400F vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

Intel Core i5-12400F	AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
Product Collection
12th Generation Intel® Core™ i5 Processors	AMD Ryzen™ 5 Desktop Processors
Code Name
Products formerly Alder Lake	"Vermeer"
Vertical Segment
Desktop	Boxed Processor
Processor Number
i5-12400F	n/a
Lithography
Intel 7	TSMC 7nm FinFET
Use Conditions
PC/Client/Tablet	n/a
Total Cores
6	6
# of Performance-cores
6	n/a
Total Threads
12	12
Max Turbo Frequency
4.40 GHz	Up to 4.6GHz
Performance-core Max Turbo Frequency
4.40 GHz	n/a
Performance-core Base Frequency
2.50 GHz	n/a
Cache
18 MB Intel® Smart Cache	32MB
Total L2 Cache
7.5 MB	3MB
Processor Base Power
65 W	n/a
Maximum Turbo Power
117 W	n/a
Marketing Status
Launched	n/a
Launch Date
Q1'22	11/5/2020
Embedded Options Available
No	n/a
Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type)
128 GB	n/a
Memory Types
Up to DDR5 4800 MT/s, Up to DDR4 3200 MT/s	DDR4
Max # of Memory Channels
2	n/a
Max Memory Bandwidth
76.8 GB/s	n/a
Direct Media Interface (DMI) Revision
4.0	n/a
Max # of DMI Lanes
8	n/a
Scalability
1S Only	n/a
PCI Express Revision
5.0 and 4.0	PCIe 4.0
PCI Express Configurations
Up to 1x16+4, 2x8+4	n/a
Max # of PCI Express Lanes
20	n/a
Sockets Supported
FCLGA1700	AM4
Max CPU Configuration
1	n/a
Thermal Solution Specification
PCG 2020C	n/a
T_JUNCTION
100°C	95°C
Package Size
45.0 mm x 37.5 mm	n/a
Intel® Gaussian & Neural Accelerator
3.0	n/a
Intel® Thread Director
No	n/a
Intel® Deep Learning Boost (Intel® DL Boost)
Yes	n/a
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Yes	n/a
Intel® Speed Shift Technology
Yes	n/a
Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0
No	n/a
Intel® Turbo Boost Technology
2.0	n/a
Uses multithreading
Yes	n/a
Intel® 64
Yes	n/a
Instruction Set
64-bit	n/a
Instruction Set Extensions
Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2	n/a
Idle States
Yes	n/a
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology
Yes	n/a
Thermal Monitoring Technologies
Yes	n/a
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Yes	n/a
Intel® Standard Manageability (ISM)
Yes	n/a
Intel® Control-Flow Enforcement Technology
Yes	n/a
AES
Yes	n/a
Secure Key
Yes	n/a
Intel® OS Guard
Yes	n/a
Execute Disable Bit
Yes	n/a
Intel® Boot Guard
Yes	n/a
Mode-based Execute Control (MBEC)
Yes	n/a
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Yes	n/a
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Yes	n/a
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
Yes	n/a
Product Family
n/a	AMD Ryzen™ Processors
Processor Base Frequency
n/a	3.7GHz
TDP
n/a	65W
Unlocked for Overclocking
n/a	Yes
Thermal Solution (PIB)
n/a	Wraith Stealth
*OS Support
n/a	Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition RHEL x86 64-Bit Ubuntu x86 64-Bit *Operating System (OS) support will vary by manufacturer.
System Memory Specification
n/a	Up to 3200MHz
Integrated Graphics
n/a	No
Graphics Model
n/a	Discrete Graphics Card Required
Product ID Boxed
n/a	100-100000065BOX
Product ID Tray
n/a	100-000000065
Product ID MPK
n/a	100-100000065MPK
Supported Technologies
n/a	AMD "Zen 3" Core Architecture AMD StoreMI Technology AMD Ryzen™ Master Utility AMD Ryzen™ VR-Ready Premium