Ryzen 5 5600 vs i5-12400: Budget-friendly AM4 chip joins AMD Ryzen 5 5500 on PassMark with predictably mixed results

[Redaktion]

The new budget Zen 3 processors from AMD, the Ryzen 5 5600 and Ryzen 5 5500, have made their first appearances on PassMark. Compared to the affordable rival Intel Core i5-12400, the Ryzen 5 5600 and Ryzen 5 5500 produced expected benchmark results. The new additions from Team Red utilize the AM4 microprocessor socket.

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[Anonymousgg]

The i5-12400 shows that Intel needs to ramp up power consumption to even beat Zen 3 and Rembrandt with Alder Lake. Zen 4 will wipe the floor with Raptor Lake. With the 7950X in particular, AMD will shrug and raise the TDP to 170 W to get that last few hundred MHz.