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Rate My PC: Intel Core i5-12400 + AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT

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86 Score

Top 14% Ranking

86 / 100

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Top 14% of systems. Excellent for 1440p Ultra or 4K High gaming.

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System Balance Analysis

CPU vs GPU performance ratio

Well Balanced

CPU

84%

GPU

87%

PROCESSOR

Intel Core i5-12400

18,683 Benchmark Score

Top 16% Market Ranking

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GRAPHICS CARD

AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT

11,627 Benchmark Score

Top 13% Market Ranking

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Market Position

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0-30

Mid-Range

30-60

High-End

60-85

Enthusiast

85-100

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Strong Performance

Excellent for 1440p gaming. Most games will run at high/ultra settings smoothly.

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Performance Tiers Explained

90-100

Ultimate

4K Ultra gaming, VR ready, ray tracing enabled, professional workloads

4K 60+ FPS VR Ready

70-89

High-End

1440p Ultra or 4K High settings, excellent for modern AAA titles

1440p Ultra 4K High

50-69

Mid-Range

1080p Ultra or 1440p Medium, great value for most gamers

1080p Ultra 1440p Med

30-49

Entry Level

1080p Medium settings, suitable for eSports and older titles

1080p Med eSports

0-29

Legacy

Basic gaming, older titles, consider upgrading for modern games

720p-1080p Low Older Games

The Intel Core i5-12400 and AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT form a desktop pairing anchored by a 6-core, 12-thread Alder Lake processor and a 16 GB RDNA 3.0 graphics card. The CPU sits at the 72nd percentile among all processors, while the GPU holds the 51st percentile among all graphics cards, and the combined configuration reaches the 62nd percentile overall. Measured frame-rate data across dozens of titles indicates this is a versatile system that can handle high-refresh 1080p gaming, maintain playable performance at 1440p, and tackle productivity workloads, with the primary limitation being the CPU's moderate core count for heavily threaded rendering tasks.

Usage Scenarios

High-refresh gaming: At 1920x1080, this pairing delivers exceptional speed in competitive titles, with measured figures of 501.8 FPS in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, 434.2 FPS in Valorant, and 274.6 FPS in Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege X. Even demanding esports titles like Counter-Strike 2 achieve 226.2 FPS, comfortably exceeding the refresh rates of most high-end monitors.

Streaming: The 12 threads of the Core i5-12400 provide enough headroom for encoding while gaming, with the CPU's passmark_multithread score of 18747 indicating solid parallel performance for background tasks. The GPU's 16 GB VRAM and 624.1 GB/s bandwidth ensure game assets remain resident, and the measured 135 FPS in Call of Duty: Warzone at 1080p leaves margin for stream encoding overhead.

Video editing: The CPU’s Cinebench R23 multicore score of 15989 and Geekbench multicore score of 8564 suggest capable 1080p and 1440p timeline editing, while the GPU's 37.32 TFLOPS FP32 performance accelerates effects and color grading. The passmark_data_encryption score of 11418 and floating point math score of 45494 indicate strong number-crunching for rendering transitions and exports, though 4K multi-stream projects will strain the 6-core processor.

3D rendering: The CPU is the limiting factor here, with its Cinebench R15 multicore score of 1611 placing it well below workstation-class parts. However, the GPU's OpenCL score of 18290 and Vulkan score of 54228 show the RX 7800 XT can offload substantial render work, making this build suitable for occasional GPU-accelerated renders rather than full-time CPU-based production.

Software development: The CPU’s single-thread score of 3456 on Passmark and Geekbench single-core of 1848 ensure snappy compilation of smaller projects and responsive IDE operation. The 18 MB shared L3 cache and 1.25 MB L2 per core reduce latency for iterative builds, while the 16 GB GPU memory allows running large test suites with virtualized graphics workloads.

Student and office work: The integrated UHD Graphics 730 serves as a fallback for basic display tasks, but the dedicated GPU makes this overkill for document processing. The CPU’s passmark_single_thread score of 3456 and low 65 W TDP mean day-to-day productivity is fluid and power-efficient, and the dual-channel DDR4/DDR5 memory support offers flexibility for cost-conscious builds.

Benchmark Performance

The CPU's average benchmark score is 18683, which places it at the 72nd percentile of all processors. Its nearest rivals are tightly clustered: the AMD EPYC 7643 scores 18697 (0.1% higher), the Intel Core i7-1355U scores 18730 (0.3% higher), and the AMD Ryzen AI 5 330 scores 18811 (0.7% higher), while the Intel Core i3-14100F trails at 18519 (0.9% lower). This shows the i5-12400 is effectively a mid-pack performer that trades blows with both server and mobile parts, delivering 3DMark max-thread score of 5890 and a 3DMark single-thread score of 910.

The GPU's average benchmark score is 11627, placing it at the 51st percentile of all GPUs. Its nearest rivals include the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 at 11680 (0.5% higher), the AMD Radeon Pro 5500M at 11528 (0.9% lower), and the NVIDIA Tesla K20c at 11479 (1.3% lower), with the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT at 11842 (1.8% higher). The 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 4157 and Passmark G3D score of 24176 confirm the GPU is a competent mid-range part, though not a top-tier performer.

The combined percentile of 62 reflects a balanced system where the CPU is relatively stronger than the GPU. The pair ranks 1261st out of 3732 pairs by average FPS across games, with an average of 145.9 FPS. This suggests the combination is well-matched for its intended purpose, with the CPU providing a solid foundation and the GPU delivering consistent frame rates across a wide range of titles.

Upgrade Path and Platform

The Intel Core i5-12400 uses the Intel Socket 1700, which supports both DDR4 and DDR5 memory through a dual-channel memory bus. The platform offers PCIe Gen 5 with 16 lanes from the CPU, providing ample bandwidth for current and future storage and expansion cards. The CPU's 65 W TDP is modest, and the GPU's suggested PSU of 600 W indicates a reasonable power supply requirement for the full system.

A sensible next upgrade would be to move to a higher-core-count Alder Lake or Raptor Lake processor on the same socket, which would improve the CPU's Cinebench R23 multicore score of 15989 without changing the motherboard. The GPU has no direct successor within the same class specified, but its PCIe 4.0 x16 interface ensures compatibility with newer cards. The CPU's integrated UHD Graphics 730 can serve as a diagnostic fallback if the discrete GPU is removed.

The memory support for both DDR4 and DDR5 means users can choose between cost-effective DDR4 or higher-bandwidth DDR5, though the CPU's 18 MB L3 cache partially compensates for slower memory in gaming workloads. The platform's active production status for both components suggests continued driver and BIOS support, making this a stable base for a multi-year build.

Who Should Build It

Gamers targeting 1080p and 1440p will find this pairing ideal, with measured FPS figures like 226.2 in Counter-Strike 2 at 1080p and 120.4 in Barony at 1440p confirming high-refresh capability. At 4K, the GPU maintains playable frame rates in many titles, such as 82.5 FPS in Counter-Strike 2 and 59.2 FPS in Assetto Corsa, making it suitable for casual 4K gaming.

Content creators working with 1080p or 1440p video will benefit from the CPU's 12 threads and the GPU's 16 GB VRAM, which handles large textures and multiple effects layers. Software developers compiling moderate-sized codebases will appreciate the single-thread performance and 18 MB L3 cache, while the 65 W CPU TDP makes this a practical choice for always-on workstations.

Students and small business users building a general-purpose desktop will find this system exceeds their needs, with the integrated graphics serving as a backup and the GPU providing headroom for future applications. The CPU's passmark_multithread score of 18747 and the GPU's compute score of 13473 indicate strong performance for spreadsheet analysis, database queries, and light CAD work.

Balance and Bottleneck

The CPU and GPU are broadly balanced, but the data reveals workload-specific bottlenecks. In gaming, the pair's average FPS of 145.9 across all titles suggests the GPU is often the limiting factor at higher resolutions, as evidenced by the frame-rate drop from 98.4 FPS in Allods Online at 1080p to 34.2 FPS at 4K. The CPU's 72nd percentile is higher than the GPU's 51st percentile, indicating the GPU is more likely to be the constraint in most scenarios.

For CPU-bound tasks like data compression (passmark score of 226908) and integer math (58366), the i5-12400 performs strongly relative to its class. In gaming, the CPU's single-thread score of 3456 ensures it can feed the GPU at 1080p, but at 4K the GPU's workload increases and frame rates scale down, confirming the GPU becomes the primary bottleneck. Conversely, in 3D rendering, the CPU's Cinebench R23 multicore score of 15989 is modest, so the GPU's 37.32 TFLOPS FP32 can accelerate rendering, shifting the bottleneck to the CPU for physics and simulation tasks.

Gaming Performance

Measured frame rates at ultra settings across all three resolutions show a clear pattern. At 1920x1080, most games exceed 100 FPS, with esports titles like Valorant at 434.2 FPS and Rainbow Six Siege X at 274.6 FPS, while demanding games like Cyberpunk 2077 hit 68 FPS and Red Dead Redemption 2 reaches 60.4 FPS. At 2560x1440, frame rates typically drop by 30-40%, with Counter-Strike 2 at 150.8 FPS and Warzone at 120 FPS, but Cyberpunk 2077 falls to 51 FPS and Red Dead Redemption 2 to 46.8 FPS.

At 3840x2160, the GPU's 16 GB VRAM and 624.1 GB/s bandwidth keep games playable, with Warzone at 101 FPS and Rainbow Six Siege X at 96.5 FPS, but heavier titles suffer: Cyberpunk 2077 drops to 33 FPS and Red Dead Redemption 2 to 31 FPS. The data shows that 1440p is the sweet spot for this pairing, where most games maintain 60+ FPS, while 4K is viable for esports and lighter titles but not for AAA games at ultra settings.

GPU Analysis

The AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT features 16 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus, delivering 624.1 GB/s of bandwidth. The GPU has 3840 shading units, 240 texture mapping units, and 96 ROPs, with 60 ray tracing cores and a boost clock of 2430 MHz. The pixel rate of 233.3 GPixel/s and texture rate of 583.2 GTexel/s support high-resolution rendering, while the FP32 throughput of 37.32 TFLOPS (and matching FP16 at 1:1) provides substantial compute for non-gaming tasks.

The 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 4157 reflects strong DirectX 12 performance, while the Geekbench Vulkan score of 54228 shows excellent API efficiency. The Passmark G3D score of 24176 confirms its mid-range positioning, and the GPU compute score of 13473 indicates solid general-purpose compute. The 60 ray tracing cores support hardware-accelerated ray tracing, though the modest 51st percentile suggests it is not a top-tier RT performer. The GPU's 263 W TDP and dual-slot design require a 600 W PSU, and its 2x 8-pin connectors make it suitable for standard desktop builds.

FAQ

Q: What is the CPU's core and thread count?

A: The Intel Core i5-12400 has 6 cores and 12 threads, with a base clock of 2.50 GHz and boost clock of 4.40 GHz, and a 65 W TDP.

Q: How much VRAM does the GPU have and what is its memory bandwidth?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT has 16 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus, providing 624.1 GB/s of bandwidth.

Q: What is the combined performance percentile of this CPU+GPU pairing?

A: The combined percentile is 62, with the CPU at the 72nd percentile and the GPU at the 51st percentile among their respective categories.

Q: Can this system run esports titles at high refresh rates?

A: Yes, at 1080p, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive runs at 501.8 FPS, Valorant at 434.2 FPS, and Rainbow Six Siege X at 274.6 FPS, all well above 144 Hz.

Q: What is the CPU's single-thread performance score?

A: The CPU scores 3456 on Passmark single-thread, 910 on 3DMark single-thread, and 2257 on Cinebench R23 single-core.

Q: What memory types does the CPU support?

A: The Core i5-12400 supports both DDR4 and DDR5 memory in a dual-channel configuration, with no ECC support.

Q: What is the GPU's ray tracing capability?

A: The GPU has 60 ray tracing cores and supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), with a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 4157.

CPU Analysis

The Intel Core i5-12400 is a 6-core, 12-thread processor based on the Alder Lake architecture, built on Intel's 10 nm process with a die size of 163 mm². It has 80 KB of L1 cache per core, 1.25 MB of L2 per core, and 18 MB of shared L3 cache. The CPU's base clock of 2.50 GHz and boost clock of 4.40 GHz provide strong single-thread performance, reflected in its 3DMark single-thread score of 910 and Cinebench R23 single-core score of 2257.

The CPU's multi-threaded performance is solid for its class, with a Cinebench R23 multicore score of 15989 and a Passmark multithread score of 18747. The 3DMark 16-thread score of 5873 and max-thread score of 5890 are nearly identical, indicating the 12 threads are fully utilized. The CPU's passmark_integer_math score of 58366 and floating_point_math of 45494 show strong arithmetic capability, while the data compression score of 226908 highlights its efficiency in storage-related workloads.

The CPU's 65 W TDP makes it easy to cool, and its Socket 1700 platform supports both DDR4 and DDR5 memory, offering flexibility in system building. The integrated UHD Graphics 730 provides basic display output, while the PCIe Gen 5 interface with 16 lanes ensures future-proofing for high-bandwidth devices. The CPU's 72nd percentile ranking places it above the median, making it a reliable choice for mainstream desktop builds.

Build Overview

This is a desktop-class build combining the Intel Core i5-12400 CPU with the AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT GPU. The CPU is a 6-core, 12-thread Alder Lake part with a 65 W TDP, while the GPU is a 16 GB RDNA 3.0 card with a 263 W TDP and a 600 W suggested PSU. The combined percentile of 62 places this system in the upper-middle tier of all desktop configurations, with the CPU being the stronger component relative to the GPU.

The pairing is well-suited for 1080p and 1440p gaming, with measured average FPS of 145.9 across all games, and it can handle 4K in less demanding titles. The CPU's 72nd percentile and GPU's 51st percentile indicate that the processor provides a strong foundation, while the graphics card delivers consistent but not class-leading performance. The system ranks 1261st out of 3732 pairs by FPS, confirming it is a capable mainstream build rather than a high-end enthusiast setup. The measured frame-rate data, marked as measured rather than estimated, validates this as a real-world tested configuration, making it a reliable reference for potential builders.

Rate My PC: Intel Core i5-12400 + AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT

Power Build

System Balance Analysis

Intel Core i5-12400

AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT

Market Position

Game Performance Benchmarks

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Valorant

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Valorant

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Valorant

Performance Insights

Strong Performance

Performance Tiers Explained

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Mid-Range

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Legacy

Usage Scenarios

Benchmark Performance

Upgrade Path and Platform

Who Should Build It

Balance and Bottleneck

Gaming Performance

GPU Analysis

FAQ

CPU Analysis

Build Overview

4K Gaming Performance

Cyberpunk 2077

Red Dead Redemption 2

Microsoft Flight Simulator

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Call of Duty: Warzone

Fortnite

1440p Gaming Performance

Cyberpunk 2077

Red Dead Redemption 2

Microsoft Flight Simulator

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Call of Duty: Warzone

Fortnite

1080p Gaming Performance

Cyberpunk 2077

Red Dead Redemption 2

Microsoft Flight Simulator

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Call of Duty: Warzone

Fortnite

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