AMD Ryzen 7 6800HS vs Intel Core i5-12400

Processor comparisons 12-01-2022

   If you are thinking about choosing a processor, you will be able to make a choice by looking at the AMD Ryzen 7 6800HS vs Intel Core i5-12400 tests and see which is better for games or normal use for rendering, video editing, streaming, machine learning, programming. Here is useful information from real video editing and streaming tests or several benchmarks. A step-by-step analysis of all the technical characteristics, to make it easier to read, is presented in the form of the table.
   From the comparison video, you can get the results of joint testing in special testing software like 3DMark, Blender, Prime95, PCMark 10, UserBenchmark, Dolphin Emulator, PassMark, VeraCrypt, WPrime, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, AIDA64, Handbrake, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), MATLAB, Gears 5, DaVinci Resolve Studio, RealBench, SuperPi, Furmark, GeekBench 6, 5.2, 7zip, Blender.
   And how good the processors are in games:

Rainbow Six Siege
Halo Infinite
Red Dead Redemption 2
Apex Legends
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
DOOM: Eternal
Death Stranding
Fortnite
Last Man Standing
Valorant
Watch Dogs Legion
Overwatch
Grand Theft Auto V
Valheim
Borderlands 3
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
Cyberpunk 2077
Fallout 76
Call of Duty: Warzone and Modern Warfare

After looking at the data these benchmarks and videos, you can already make an briefed decision about which CPU is better to buy for gaming Intel Core i5-12400 or AMD Ryzen 7 6800HS.

Summary benchmark results

As a percentage of the maximum value based on a sample from the entire base of all processors
Processor Benchmark

Ryzen 7 6800HS

57%

Core i5-12400

57%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Ryzen 7 6800HS

54%

Core i5-12400

55%

The maximum result in this parameter is 100 percent, which is the performance of the most powerful processor at the moment. And of course, this is a server processor, on which no one will play games. Because the cost of this processor reaches several tens of thousands of dollars. And if it seems to you that the selected CPU has a small game result, look at the FPS that it produces in real games in the summary table below.
List of other games in which CPU comparisons were performed: Control, League of Legends (LOL), Horizon Zero Dawn, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), Metro Exodus, Monster Hunter World, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), Ghostrunner, Hitman 3, DOTA 2A, Forza Horizon 4, Battlefield V, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Half-Life: Alyx, NBA 2K20, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Microsoft Flight Simulator.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	96.6	97.5
Valorant	109.8	110.8
Cyberpunk 2077	61.5	62.0
Apex Legends	103.2	104.1
Call of Duty Warzone	82.4	83.1
Overwatch	88.9	89.7
Red Dead Redemption 2	75.8	76.4
DOOM Eternal	54.9	55.4
Warzone	85.7	86.4
Assassin's Creed	92.2	93.0
Valheim	91.1	91.9

The numbers in this table indicate the maximum FPS that was received on the device with the corresponding processor. Depending on the configuration of the computer (RAM size and Video Card) and graphics quality settings (Ultra, Medium, Normal), the results may differ quite significantly. We recommend that you better study the results of the Cinebench, GeekBench and Passmark becnmarks.
The computers participating in the comparisons not only were the equipped with different amounts of RAM and different video cards. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: 2K, FullHD or 4K. Therefore, the game benchmark data is approximate. But all video cards met the average system requirements of games. To be sure exactly how much performance the processor will be in games, if you compare it in one assembly with the video card that is installed in your computer.

Power consumption

Ryzen 7 6800HS

144%

Core i5-12400

91%

To make a finishing choice on which processor is better, you should also consider the generation of its core. The newer the processor generation, the better its performance in games and benchmarks, as well as its energy efficiency. In this case the Ryzen 7 6800HS is more energy efficient than the Core i5-12400 as it consumes less power: 35W vs. 65W. Power consumption is particularly important for laptops. And TDP should be taken into account when choosing a processor cooling system. You need to buy a cooler that has the TDP data specified in the specification was greater than the TDP of the compared processor.

Software benchmarks

For example you plan to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for programming, video rendering or video editing, machine learning, streaming, then first of all you need to pay attention to the performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, to achieve maximum performance, the CPU includes all cores and threads that it has. You will learn this data from the benchmark tables below. Before using the data from these tests, be sure to check whether the program you are going to use on your computer supports multi-threaded mode. Because there are still many programs that can use only one core to work, and all the benefit of multi-core mode are unused.

Cinebench 23, 20 an 15
The results of this benchmark show Single-threaded and Multi-threaded CPU performance

	AMD Ryzen 7 6800HS	Intel Core i5-12400
Cinbench 15 Single-core	230	337
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	2348	2465
Cinbench 20 Single-core	555	808
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	5163	5598
Cinbench 23 Single-core	1456	1889
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	13156	18452

Passmark
This popular benchmark displays Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	AMD Ryzen 7 6800HS	Intel Core i5-12400
Single-Core	3134	4427
Multi-Core	26025	25834

GeekBench 6, 5.2
This benchmark shows Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	AMD Ryzen 7 6800HS	Intel Core i5-12400
Single-Core	1518	1785
Multi-Core	8464	9275

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the processor release date and overclocking capability will be the most helpful. The later the processor is released, the longer it will last you. And the easier it will be to upgrade the system later. The same can be said about overclocking. If the processor can be overclocked, increasing its performance, then it will still be able to produce maximum FPS in new games. It turns out that you do not need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer. The economy are obvious!

	AMD Ryzen 7 6800HS	Intel Core i5-12400
Announcement date	January 09, 2022	January 07, 2022
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Socket	FP7	FCBGA1744
Core name	Rembrandt	Alder Lake
Architecture	Zen 3+	x86
Generation	6	12
Turbo Frequency	4.7 MHz	4.4 MHz
Frequency	3.2 MHz	3.3 MHz
Cores	8	6
Threads	16	12
Bus rate		8 GT/s
Bit	64	64
Lithography	6 nm	7 nm
Transistors count	10200 millions	10200 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	35 W	65 W
Memory type	DDR5	Up to DDR5 4800 MT/s Up to DDR4 3200 MT/s
Max. Memory		128 Gb
Memory Frequency	3200
Memory bandwidth		76.8 GB/s
L1 cache	512KB
L2 cache	4MB
L3 cache	16MB	18 MB
Overclocking	No	No
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number	FP7:100-000000545 FP7r7:100-000000561

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Core i5-12400 is 3% better than Ryzen 7 6800HS in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that Ryzen 7 6800HS has 2 more core than Core i5-12400. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption (relevant for laptops).

Result:
The number of parameters for which AMD Ryzen 7 6800HS is better: 10
The number of parameters for which Intel Core i5-12400 is better: 26
Although it should be realized that the summary data in the article above do not mean that taking them into account you should undividedly trust a simple quantitative comparison. Better to watch the testing video and read the reviews of of people who bought AMD Ryzen 7 6800HS and Intel Core i5-12400 before deciding which of the CPUs to buy for gaming.

AMD Ryzen 7 6800HS - all data

• Cinebench r15 score
• Cinebench r20 score
• Cinebench r23 score
• GeekBench 6, 5.2 score

• AMD Ryzen 7 6800HS specs and review.

Intel Core i5-12400 - all data

• Cinebench r15 score
• Cinebench r20 score
• Cinebench r23 score
• GeekBench 6, 5.2 score

• Intel Core i5-12400 specs and review.