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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X vs Intel Core i5-12400F

Last updated: 2026-07-04

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 65 %

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-12400F

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X

Rank 2 - 70 %

Intel Core i5-12400F

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

16C / 32T · 4.40 GHz

1,127 pts

6C / 12T · 4.40 GHz

1,623 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

16C / 32T · 3.50 GHz

21,444 pts

6C / 12T · 4.00 GHz

12,454 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

16C / 32T · 4.40 GHz

1,255

6C / 12T · 4.40 GHz

2,197

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

16C / 32T · 3.50 GHz

8,814

6C / 12T · 4.00 GHz

8,668

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

16C / 32T · 4.40 GHz

449 cb

6C / 12T · 4.40 GHz

664 cb

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

16C / 32T · 4.40 GHz

1,137

6C / 12T · 4.40 GHz

1,647

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

16C / 32T · 3.50 GHz

7,003 cb

6C / 12T · 4.00 GHz

4,784 cb

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

16C / 32T · 3.50 GHz

12,458

6C / 12T · 4.00 GHz

9,451

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
Multi-core performance

16C / 32T · 3.50 GHz

272

6C / 12T · 4.00 GHz

170

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

16C / 32T · 3.50 GHz

9,221

6C / 12T · 2.50 GHz

4,772

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Monero Hashrate
94 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X	Intel Core i5-12400F
Family	AMD Ryzen Threadripper (16)	Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU group	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2000 (4)	Intel Core i 12000 (34)
Architecture	Colfax (Zen+)	Alder Lake S
Technology	12 nm	10 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	TR4 (SP3r2)	LGA 1700
Predecessor	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X	Intel Core i5-11400F
Successor		Intel Core i5-13400F

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X	Intel Core i5-12400F
CPU Cores / Threads	16 / 32	6 / 12
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	16x	6x Golden Cove
Frequency:	3.50 GHz	2.50 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.40 GHz	4.40 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	3.50 GHz	4.00 GHz
L2-Cache	8.00 MB	7.50 MB
L3-Cache	32.00 MB	18.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X	Intel Core i5-12400F
GPU name	no iGPU	no iGPU
GPU frequency
CUs / Shader	/	/
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays
Max. GPU Memory
Technology
Release date

NPU AI performance

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X	Intel Core i5-12400F
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X	Intel Core i5-12400F
Memory	DDR4-2933 (93.8 GB/s)	DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory		128 GB
Memory channels	4	2
ECC	Yes	No
PCIe	3.0 x 64	5.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth	63.0 GB/s	78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X	Intel Core i5-12400F
TDP	180 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)		117 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.		100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X	Intel Core i5-12400F
Chip design	Chiplet	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
Release date	Q3/2018	Q1/2022
Release price	899 $	167 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
16C / 32T · 3.50 - 4.40 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i5-12400F
6C / 12T · 2.50 - 4.40 GHz

★★★★★