SYSTEM ANALYZER

Rate My PC: Intel Core i5-12400 + AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

Get a comprehensive performance analysis of your gaming rig with detailed benchmarks, bottleneck detection, and upgrade recommendations

Build Configuration

Select your components

PROCESSOR (CPU)

▼

GRAPHICS CARD (GPU)

▼

86 Score

Top 14% Ranking

86 / 100

HIGH-END

Power Build

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

1440p Ultra4K High

System Balance Analysis

CPU vs GPU performance ratio

Well Balanced

CPU

84%

GPU

88%

PROCESSOR

Intel Core i5-12400

18,683 Benchmark Score

Top 16% Market Ranking

View Full Specs →

GRAPHICS CARD

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

13,745 Benchmark Score

Top 12% Market Ranking

View Full Specs →

Market Position

How your build compares to others

Budget

0-30

Mid-Range

30-60

High-End

60-85

Enthusiast

85-100

Your Build

Game Performance Benchmarks

Real-world 4K FPS in popular titles

View All Games →

Performance Insights

Tips to maximize your system

Strong Performance

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

Compatible Games See what you can play Compare CPUs Find upgrades Compare GPUs Find upgrades

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 is a 6-core, 12-thread desktop processor from the Alder Lake‑S family, with a base clock of 2.50 GHz and a boost clock of 4.40 GHz. It pairs with the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT, a RDNA 3.0-based GPU that packs 20 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 320-bit bus. Benchmarks show this build as a desktop configuration; the combined percentile against all CPU+GPU pairs is 69, and the measured average frame rate across a wide set of games is 170.2 FPS at 1080p. The CPU, with a release date of January 3, 2022, and the GPU, released November 2, 2022, together form a platform that uses the LGA1700 socket and can support both DDR5 and DDR5 memory – details we'll break down below.

FAQ

Q: What is the core and thread configuration of the Intel Core i5-12400?

A: The processor has 6 physical cores and 12 threads, based on the Alder Lake-S chip (10 nm process). Its base clock is 2.50 GHz and its boost clock is 4.40 GHz. The CPU includes 80 KB L1 (per core), 3.25 MB L2 (per core), and 18 MB of shared L3 cache. It supports DDR4 and DDR5 memory in a dual-channel configuration.

Q: What memory and PCIe does the i5-12400 support?

A: It accepts both DDR4 and DDR5, with dual-channel bus. It has 16 PCIe Gen 5 lanes (CPU‑only). The integrated graphics are UHD Graphics 730 with 125 execution units.

Q: What are the key specifications of the RX 7900 XT?

A: The Radeon RX 7900 XT is based on the RDNA 3.0 architecture (Navi 31) built on TSMC 5⁃nm with a 529 mm² die and 57,700 million transistors. It features 20 GB of GDDR6 on a 320‑bit bus with a bandwidth of 800.0 GB/s. Core clocks include a base of 1387 MHz, a game clock of 2025 MHz, and a boost of 2394 MHz. It has 5376 shading units, 336 TMUs, 192 ROPs, and 84 RT (ray‑tracing) cores.

Q: How do the CPU and GPU scores compare to their nearest rivals?

A: For the CPU, the i5‑12400 scores an average of 58 (the value is 18683). Against its direct competitors, it is 0.1 % slower than the AMD EPYC 7643, 0.3 % slower than the Core i7‑1355U, and 0.7 % slower than the Ryzen AI 5 330, while it is 0.9 % faster than the Core i3‑1400F. For the GPU, a delta of –0.5 % compared to the Radeon 660M, –0.5 % vs the RTX A2000 Mobile, and –0.9 % vs the Radeon RX 570X; the RX 7900 XT is 1.5 % faster than the Radeon RX 9070 XT.

Q: What does the average in‑game FPS look like at different resolutions?

A: At 1080p, the pair averages over 200 FPS in many titles – for instance, Call of Duty: Warzone hits 135, Counter‑Strike 2 reaches 276.2, and Valorant runs at 434. At 1440p, the same numbers drop to 120 for Warzone, 182.6 for CS2, and 412 for Valorant. At 4K, known triple‑A games like Cyberpunk 2077 average 40 FPS, while CS2 still reaches 102.3.

GPU Analysis

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT brings a fundamental move from previous AMD GPU generations. Its 20 GB frame buffer and 800.0 GB/s bandwidth are a headroom that matters for high-resolution textures, ray tracing, and content creation. The GDDR6 RAM is paired with a 320‑bit interface, and the effective memory clock is delivered at 20 Gbps. The raster capability is high: the pixel rate is 459.6 GPixel/s and the texture address adds 768.4 GTexel/s, confirming its ability to feed a 4K display when the geometry does not bottleneck. Raw FP32 performance is 51.4 TFLOPS, and FP16 doubles to 103.0 TFLOPS via 2:1 split, which accelerates AI workloads and various compute tasks.

The GPU has a notable set of ray‑tracing cores – 84 of them. In practice this means ray‑traced shadows and lighting are within reach even at 1440p, as demoed by the 60% scaling in games like Control (113.7 at 1080p, 83.4 at 1440p, and 59.4 at 4K). Combined with the 57.7 billion transistors, the RX 7900 XT can handle advanced DirectX 12 Ultimate workloads, including mesh shaders and VRS.

In raw 3Dmark↔3DMap Steel Nomad test, this GPU scores 5623. The Geekbench OpenCL score is 12756 – a strong number indicating good compute throughput when offloading parallel workloads. According to its percentile versus all GPUs (55) it is slightly above the median; however, the nearest rival list includes the integrated Radeon 660M, which means the RX 7900XT is close in overall result but this is because that integrated GPU has a high compute score. Nevertheless, the 700 series card positions itself as a very capable 1080p–1440p high‑refresh GPU, and is still able to hold 60+ FPS in some AAA titles at 4K.

Benchmark Performance

The percentage line of the CPU shows a 72nd percentile position among all processors. Its three benchmark groups:

Cinebench R23: Multi 15989, single 2257.
Geekbench: multi 8564, single 1848.
PassMark MT: total 18747, single 100.

This is a strong outcome for a six-core desktop part, establishing a solid multicore base for compilation, rendering, and of course gaming.

The GPU pushes a 55th percentile rank among all GPUs, which is still good for a mainstream part if looked at in absolute terms. The 3DMark Steel Nomad score is 5623, and PassMark G3D 29009 lies 55th percentile; the average score is 13745. In the nearestRival list, the RX 7900 XT is essentially off parity with the AMD Radeon 660M and RTX A2000‑Mobile, which are both integrated or mid‑range laptop chips. Relative to the newest AMD RX 9070 XT, the 7900 XT is 1.5% faster, indicating that it still carries a mark of excellence.

Combining the two components across the database yields a combined percentile of 69, which places this build in the upper third of all CPU+GPU pairs. The pair ranks 748 out of 3732 measured pairs for average FPS, showing that it belongs well above average. The average FPS over all tested games at 1080p is 170.2. When you look at the raw 720p numbers – e.g. Valorant 434, CSGO 605, or Roblox 355 – the CPU is never the bottleneck in those titles at lower resolutions, but at 4K the GPU will limit.

Usage Scenarios

The i5-12400 and RX 7900 XT combination supports a wide set of scenarios, but each one has preferential conditions.

High‑refresh gaming: The 1080p frame rates exceed 120 FPS in almost any title tested. Faster esports titles like CSGO (605 FPS) and Valorant (434 FPS) run far beyond any display’s 240Hz. At 1440p the pair stays above 100% refresh on most shooters – CS2 at 182.6, Valorant still 412. Only at 4K does the GPU start to fall below 100 in the most demanding games, which still leaves it playable but not in the high‑refresh lane.

Streaming: The 6-core / 12-thread CPU and high single‑thread read (PassMark single 3456) can handle real‑time encoding to H.264/H.265 through the CPU if needed, and the GPU provides plenty of compute to keep 1080p/60 streaming overlap with no severe FPS loss. With data compression score of 226908 and encryption of 11418, the i5‑12400 shows strong background performance for continuous tasks while the game runs.

Video editing: In apps like Premiere Pro, the CPU’s multi‑core performance (Cinebench R23 multi‑core 15989, Geekbench multi‑ 8564) accelerates timeline rendering. The 20GB discrete GPU memory used preview scaling effects and the 5376‑shading unit to handle effect redundancy. The 4K preview timeline is smooth with a 60 FPS reference from 4K and GPU hardware RT accelerators for specific overlays.

3D rendering: For Blender, 3ds Max, or Redshift, the GPU’s 84 RT cores and 51.4 TFLOPS output that RL settings. The CPU’s high integer and float scores (PassMark FP 45494, integer 58366) directly affect geometry preprocessing. A final object render can be performed using the GPU’s compute features; the team will find that Renders take advantage of  GB/s bandwidth to keep textures full.

Software development: The CPU has 18 MB L3 and low power draw. PassMark data encryption score of 11418 and compression 226908 indicate efficient I/O and code compilation. The multithread capability speeds up build pipelines; single‑thread 3456 provides quick physics for debuggers.

Student and office work: The i5‑12400 is a 12‑thread part with a base TDP of 65 W, which makes it easy to cool in a small form factor. A 1080p office work for spreadsheets, browsers, and virtual meetings shows PassMark integer math of 58366 for productivity markups. The integrated UHD 730 could be activated but the RX 7900 XT handles full acceleration for multiple displays.

CPU Analysis

The central component of this build is the Alder Lake‑S Intel i5‑12400. It uses the LGA1700 socket, a breakthrough for both memory types – it natively supports DDR5 and DDR4, so the build can choose the memory platform that plans to go. The 10 nm process (Intel takes this as “10 nm Enhanced SuperFin”) pulls the 6 cores to a boost of 4.4 GHz. Its architecture uses a 10‑nm gate dimension with sections of silicon; the whole die weighs 163 mm². The CPU has 80 KB of L1 per core, 1.25 MB L2 per core, and 18 MB of L3 shared.

In the 3DMark Thread test, the CPU scores 910 for 2 threads, 3012 for 4 threads, 4745 for 8 threads, and 5890 for the maximum-thread test. This shows how the six cores scale with the load. The single-thread result of 910 punches high, but multicore brings it to 5.9× of that. The extra threads enable heavy computing tasks such as video encoding, physics simulation, and large spreadsheets to operate efficiently.

Its nearest rivals as per the database are the EPYC 7643, the i7‑1355U, and the Ryzen AI 5 330, coming in all within 1% of its score. The fact that two of these are low‑power mobile chips show how much efficiency this desktop chip has – it manages a similar average while staying at 65 W TDP.

The CPU is unlocked (Multiplier Unlocked: False), so it is not available for overclocking, but the high base clock and 4.4 GHz boost are enough for most customers. The memory bus is dual‑channel, which suits the popular 2×16 GB DDR5 kits. With ECC support disabled, users will stick to standard RAM.

Who Should Build It

This build is first for a user who wants to run a demanding GPU (3D rendering, video editing) while being CPU‑steady. For a 1080p esports enthusiast, the 6‑core is enough for the games listed: Valve’s‐orientation hits 605 FPS at 1080p, and Valorant holds 434‑FPS. On a high‑refresh monitor (240Hz or 360Hz) the CPU can feed the GPU.

At 1440p, the i5‑ maintains 154 FPS average where titles such as Control run 83.4, Warzone 1120, and Assetto Corsa 110.3 – all above the critical 60 FPS, and higher on CS. When the resolution climbs to 4K, the CPU is never the limit; the GPU leaves only 40 FPS in Cyberpunk 5. The content creator who uses Adobe or DaVinci Resolve can rely 12 threads for export; the 20 d architectural advantage is storage.

Software developers who compile large projects will benefit from the high integer math (Pass 58,366

Rate My PC: Intel Core i5-12400 + AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

Power Build

System Balance Analysis

Intel Core i5-12400

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

Market Position

Game Performance Benchmarks

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Valorant

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Minecraft

Minecraft: Java Edition

Performance Insights

Strong Performance

Performance Tiers Explained

Ultimate

High-End

Mid-Range

Entry Level

Legacy

FAQ

GPU Analysis

Benchmark Performance

Usage Scenarios

CPU Analysis

Who Should Build It

4K Gaming Performance

Cyberpunk 2077

Red Dead Redemption 2

Microsoft Flight Simulator

Control

Call of Duty: Warzone

Fortnite

1440p Gaming Performance

Cyberpunk 2077

Red Dead Redemption 2

Microsoft Flight Simulator

Control

Call of Duty: Warzone

Fortnite

1080p Gaming Performance

Cyberpunk 2077

Red Dead Redemption 2

Microsoft Flight Simulator

Control

Call of Duty: Warzone

Fortnite

Related Processors

Related Graphics Cards

Compare Your CPU

Compare Your GPU

Related PC Builds

Same CPU with Different GPUs

Same GPU with Different CPUs

Other Popular Builds