As the happy atmosphere of the New Year is almost over, we are about to usher in a new beginning, for the friends who are still in school, after the winter vacation, you may wish to use the money to buy a high-performance PC to start a happy new semester.
In terms of the purchase of computer CPUs, Ranger.com showed everyone the excellent performance of the very cost-effective Ryzen 5600X processor in the previous test, and many small partners who love e-sports are very satisfied with this, but because Intel released its mid-range CPU i5-12400 this year, and the similar positioning of the Ryzen 5 5600X makes players hesitate, Ranger Network will compare the performance of these two CPUs in detail today, and will also be selected through price comparison" The king of cost performance", so the student party with a small budget should pay attention to it quickly, which is a good opportunity to help you save money and buy a high-performance CPU! Performance parameters
I5 12400 is Intel 7 process 10nm process chip, the reference frequency is 2.50GHz, can be accelerated to 4.0GHz, has 6 cores 12 threads, in terms of caching, as can be seen from the figure, the i5 12400 has 480KB of L1 cache, 7.5MB L2 cache, and 18MB L3 cache.
Ryzen™ 5 5600X is a 7nm chip codenamed "Vermeer", 6 cores 12 threads, supports AM4 slots, silent frequency 3.7GHz can dynamically accelerate to 4.6GHz, TDP is 65W, L1 cache 32KB, L2 cache 512KB, L3 cache is amazing 32MB compared to i5-12400, it looks like the Ryzen™ 5600X and Intel i5-12400 the same 6 cores 12 threads, What is the strength or weakness of performance?
(The test platform is shown in the figure below, and this test does not carry out artificial overclocking)
Theoretical performance
First of all, look at the CPU-Z comes with the running score test, you can see that the single-core multi-core performance of the Ryzen 5 5600X is ahead of the i5 12400 is not small, the single core is better than the opponent's 665 points with 679 points, especially the multi-core performance is the most prominent, the Ryzen 5's leading amplitude can reach 380 points, it seems that the Ryzen series processor is still maintaining a strong multi-core performance performance.
The second test is the Cinebench series of test software, Cinebench is based on the Cinem4D engine, through the CPU rendering high-quality and high-resolution complex pictures, to test the performance limits of the CPU under high-intensity work.
In the Cinebench R20, the Ryzen 5 5600X and i5 12400 have a consistent single-core performance score of 641 points, but the multi-core performance is slightly ahead of the opponent, beating the opponent's 4673 points with 4710.
In the Cinebench R15, there is a relatively large gap, Ryzen 5 5600X beat the 235 points of the i5 12400 with 271 single-core points, while the multi-core gap is even greater, 2000 points ahead of 1779, it seems that the gap between the performance of the Ryzen 5 5600X and the i5 12400 multi-core is very obvious in the Cinebench R15.
This is followed by a benchmark performance test for 7Zip, which continuously uses the CPU for compression and decompression work, based on the efficiency score of the completed decompression work.
This project has always been the strength of the Ryzen series of processors, and the Ryzen 5 5600X has achieved a score of nearly 70,000 points! The opponent i5 12400 is only 55,000 points, compared to the Ryzen™ 5 is actually 15,000 points less, this difference is very huge, which shows that the Ryzen series of processors has a good bonus in terms of productivity, which is very suitable for students who need to use professional software frequently.
Game testing
After reading the theoretical performance test, we understand that the performance of the Ryzen 5 5600X is still very good in 2022, so in the actual game, what is the difference between the performance of the i5 12400 and the Ryzen 5600X? We've selected a few esports online games and popular AAA masterpieces to see how these two CPUs will play in different game masterpieces
In the popular e-sports game "DOTA2", we see that the advantage of the Ryzen 5 5600X is very amazing, compared to the i5 12400, 1080P can be up to 20 frames higher in the fierce battle, 2K can also be more than 17 frames, this gap is more obvious.
The same is the MOBA category of "League of Legends" also appeared in the same situation, our Ryzen™ 5 5600X in the team battle actually than i5 12400 more than 20 to 30 frames of the situation, it seems that in the online game, AMD Ryzen's strong performance is still undiminished.
And this gap in the FPS shooter "CSGO" has been widened again, the Ryzen 5 5600X with a score of 374 frames more than the opponent 30 ~ 40 frames, in 2K resolution is also 359 frames more than i5 12400 30 frames or so, shooting games use Ryzen also has a lot of advantages.
However, in the chicken eating game "PUBG", the intel i5 12400 is finally a win-loser with the Ryzen 5600X, sometimes slightly surpassing the Ryzen 5600X, but overall there is not much gap between the two, and the frame rate is very close.
The e-sports game part is finally the explosive martial arts chicken online game "Forever Doomed", this game uses AMD's CPU effect is very good, 1080P and 2K are more than the opponent's frame count, the gap is about 7 to 10 frames, or very obvious.
Looking at the frame rate performance of the two AAA masterpieces, we found that the Ryzen 5 5600X in the "Tomb Raider: Shadow" 1080P resolution frame number exceeded the i5 12400 about 10 frames gap, and 2K also exceeded the opponent 5 frames, it seems that the Ryzen™ 5600X under the 3A masterpiece is also very powerful.
The game Assassin's Creed: Temple of Heroes is very friendly to the AMD platform, we can lead the i5 12400 at 1080P or 2K resolution, and the silky frame rate makes us smoother when fighting.
Price comparison
In the previous tests, we have understood that the Ryzen 5600X is a very powerful CPU, which is a bit higher than the rival i5 12400, but if the price factor is not considered, then the comparison is meaningless, so let's calculate the cost performance of these two CPUs, under the influence of the price factor, Ryzen 5 5600X is still the most cost-effective choice?
On JD.com, we see that the i5 12400 has a separate price of 1699 yuan, and the Ryzen 5 5600X is currently around 1699 yuan, considering the strong performance advantages of the Ryzen 5 5600X, so the same price is definitely more inclined to the Ryzen 5 5600X.
But the motherboard can be different, the motherboard of the Intel B660 chipset is much more expensive than the AMD B550, according to the same brand of MSI mortar kit, the Intel i5 12400 board U set adds up to 500 yuan more expensive than the AMD Ryzen™ 5600X set!
And we have to count a more important fact, that is, AMD Ryzen™ series processors support B450 motherboards, and Intel 12th generation Core does not support the motherboard of the previous generation of chipsets at all, so if you want to pursue cost-effective purchases, the Ryzen 5 5600X+B450 chipset motherboard is certainly no problem, which will save hundreds of yuan of budget.
If you buy the DDR5 version of the B660 motherboard, then the expensive DDR5 memory is a big expense, and the performance is not much improved, so that it is not related to the "cost performance".
From the perspective of comprehensive test results and price factors, choosing Ryzen 5 5600X can not only enjoy high-performance gaming experience and productivity blessings, but also directly pull the price-performance ratio, which can save up to nearly 1,000 yuan! For the budget-strapped student group, the money saved can be installed on the PC with a few memory sticks, or you can install an SSD to improve the loading speed of the PC, which will certainly be of great help to professional software or game experience, so assembling a Ryzen™ 5 5600X platform PC in the opening season to help us save money while improving performance, such an affordable installation program must be very suitable for the student party.