i5 12400F vs Ryzen 7 5700X

The i5 12400F is often compared to the Ryzen 5 5600 or 5600X, but the 5700X can also be found for similar money if you shop around on the used market. Today we're seeing how these two CPUs compare.

0:00 Intro and Test Setups
1:08 Cinebench and Rendering
1:32 Gaming
1:57 Black Myth: Wukong
2:40 Cyberpunk 2077
3:23 Starfield
4:08 Baldur's Gate 3
4:59 Forza Horizon 5
5:25 Kingdom Come Deliverance
6:07 Red Dead Redemption 2 & Conclusion

Test Specs:
i5 12400F
MSI Pro H610M-B DDR4 Motherboard
32GB Corsair Vengeance (2x16GB) DDR4 3200
RTX 4080 Super

R7 5700X
MSI B550M PRO-VDH Motherboard
32GB Corsair Vengeance (2x16GB) DDR4 3200
RTX 4080 Super

Thanks for watching :)

[Mr.Genesis]

And this is why i love this channel.
Part comparisons that are relevant to the common person who isn't always up to date on the latest and greatest.
Thanks as always!

[schifferu]

finally a video about the 5700x. have mine paired with an rtx 4070

[hdl]

Bought a ryzen 7 5700x 2 months ago. Upgraded from my ryzen 5 1600, the i5 12400f was cheaper but since I already had a B450 motherboard, figured might as well stick with ryzen which also gives me the added benefit of more cores and threads which may come handy in the future.

[DragonBane]

5700x is a crazy cheap way to get yourself 8 modern fast cores. Its crazy how cheap the entire am4 platform has become. For 90% of users, buying a 5700x or a 5700x3d with 16gb or 32gb of ram and a b450/550 board will be enough for their needs for years to come, all without breaking the bank!

[EpicLebaneseNerd]

just upgraded my i7-960 and 1060gtx to an i5-12400f and a 4060rtx, so happy with it, i mean it was a huge leap to say the least, from a 1st gen i7 to a 12th gen i5 and from a 1060 to a 4060, i think that was an insane jump.

[drewnewby]

Since we all live in bizarro world now, thought it was worth mentioning in the US a 5800X is $128 USD now, $25 LESS than a 5700X.

[TheEnhas]

Single-threaded performance is usually still what matters the most. Of all the games you tested today, the 12400F pulled ahead (with often better .1% lows) or was relatively equal to the 5700X. The 5700X did better in Cyberpunk 2077 and Red Dead Redemption 2 because they're some of the few games that take advantage of all the cores/threads they can.

[undersleeping]

I got a 5700x3d tray chip from china for like 175 usd and it might be the best purchase I've ever made as far as pc hardware goes

[mx]

Shocking, I thought the 5700x would fare better than this. That means 5600x would fare about the same, if not a little bit worse in a few games. I had seen older benchmarks of the 5600x and it stood toe to toe with the 12400f.
To the defense of the 5600x and 5700x, it really does help to run decent 3600MT/s RAM, run the F-Clock at 1800mhz, tweak the timings, make use of the Core Offset feature, pair them with a halfway decent cooler.

[DaWolfetrax]

Been using 5700X since April last year, did a UV and OC to 4.85GHz all core and I'm getting usually a nice and cool power draw of around 50-60W most of the time and I couldn't be happier. Paired with a 3600MHz CL16 RAM kit and a RTX 3080 10GB, it's an amazing combo. Kinda strange to see people coping in the comments over which is better, if you're on AM4, staying on the platform and just upgrading your CPU to this one or any other Zen 3 like 5800X3D or 5700X3D and on an absolute budget, the 5600X isn't a bad idea at all and no matter which you, who reads this, goes for should be happy with for the right price. I switched to 5700X for cheap 8 cores since I had a 3700X, I don't regret my buy at all considering I sold the previous CPU for 2/3 of the price of the 5700X.

[quicksilvercho]

Pretty happy with my 12400f and 3080 combo !🎉

[Taraquin]

5700X has 2 advantages: you can run and tune ram up to 3733 or 3800 on viritually all samples. 12400F ususlly maxes out at 3600, often 3400 or 3500 due to the locked SA voltage. This gives a better boost to 5700X. 5700X can also run +200 pbo and use curve optimizer, this gives up to a 5% boost. If you have a mb with external clockgen 12400F can run at 4.8-5GHz givibg it an edge, but very few board can do that. Running stock they are similar in gaming, but 5700X is better at productivity. Running tuned 5700X gets up to a further 10% boost vs 12400F. I previously had 5600X and 12400F. Stock the 12400F was slightly faster. With +200 pbo+CO and 3800cl14 tuned ram 5600X won by avg of 5% in games vs 12400F running 3600c14 tuned.

[drewnewby]

Nice comparison as usual. My budget builds are nearly always still 12400F, I tend to jump up to the 5700X3D or lately 7500F for mid-range customers.

[FrenziedManbeast]

I just scored a 5800x new yesterday for $128 to upgrade my brother's AM4 platform. Crazy how much compute you can buy for the money these days. Now we just need the GPU market to adjust similarly and we can help the next gen of PC gamers onboard.

[certs]

Another fun video. I just recently upgraded from a Ryzen 5 1600AF to a Ryzen 5 5500 and I am pretty happy with my choice so far. Feels a bit more responsive with more CPU intensive games and tasks.

[Syping]

did you tested them on Windows 10 or Windows 11?
I recently saw some Tech Yes City videos about Ryzen and Windows 11 performance issues, so it's interesting to include

[TheDude]

Quick reminder that Ryzen needs decent ram. Due to their design faster ram directly leads to better cpu performance. Plug and play solution is 3600 ram which increases the 5700x performance by 5 to 10% compared to 3200. If youre willing to manually tweak stuff going with up to 4000 ram can give even better results. For anyone interested why that ist, with ryzen AMD introduced a in chip communication system called infinity fabric due to the chiplet design. The clockspeed of that infinity fabric is directly tied to the ram speed. So if the ram is running at 1600 Mhz (3200) then the infinity fabric does as well. With 3600 ram it runs at 1800 Mhz. Though theres a hard cap somewhere around 1800+ Mhz where its silicon lottery as to if you can get it faster. So even faster DDR4 like 5000 Mts doesnt do anything.

[gregciuba]

12400f is such a champ! I got my 12400 over 3 years ago and recently upgraded GPU to 4070s to make a jump to 1440p and they work amazing together. I am surprised how well 12400 still keeping up with it. Other than FOMO, I really don't see a need to upgrade any time soon. Great content as always!

[Monolize]

so now go into your bios, look after PBO Curve Optimizer, set it to -30 and watch the power consumption and the temps drop alot. that processor, especially as the x3d variant is a absolute efficiency monster. full load in the 70ish Watt-Area is nuts for that performance.

[cecilb]

I have been using a 12600KF for the last year or two, and have been really happy with it, especially since I upgraded from my RTX 3060 to RX 6950 XT last year. I helped both of my adult sons build new gaming PCs last year, the youngest was upgrading from a 12100f, which is an incredible entry level CPU, my oldest from an i5 8500, both went with the Intel 12900k, over here we have Microcenter, and for a long time they have had a bundle deal that includes either an Asus or Gigabyte Aorus Z790 motherboard, 32GB kit of very decent DDR5 and the 12900k for about $450 USD (around 350 GBP). I honestly can't imagine building a midrange gaming PC with anything else, they typically also give a large discount ($50) on a video card at time of purchase, last summer that made the RX 6950 XT $449.

I really think Intel were doing great with the 12th gen, and between Intel tripping over their own feet, and partners going nuts with factory BIOS settings, the 13th and 14th generations have really been a let down.