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Rate My PC: Intel Core i5-12400F + AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT

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Top 13% 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%
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GPU
90%
PROCESSOR

Intel Core i5-12400F

19,039 Benchmark Score
Top 16% Market Ranking
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AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT

17,083 Benchmark Score
Top 10% Market Ranking
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30-60
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60-85
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85-100
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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

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

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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

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Basic gaming, older titles, consider upgrading for modern games

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# Intel Core i5-12400F + AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT: A Methodical Performance Breakdown

This pairing combines Intel's 12th-generation six-core Alder Lake processor with AMD's RDNA 3.0-based Navi 33 graphics card, creating a desktop system that sits at the 67th combined percentile against all CPU+GPU pairings in the benchmark database. The CPU alone ranks at the 73rd percentile among all processors, while the GPU lands at the 60th percentile among all graphics cards, indicating a generally well-matched configuration with the processor holding a slight performance advantage over the graphics component.

Usage Scenarios

For high-refresh gaming at 1080p, the data shows strong capability across competitive titles. Counter-Strike 2 delivers 163 FPS, Valorant reaches 370.3 FPS, and Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege hits 194 FPS at 1920x1080 with ultra settings. These figures clear the 144Hz threshold comfortably, and even the 2560x1440 results remain respectable with Valorant at 313.3 FPS and Counter-Strike 2 at 108 FPS. The system's pair rank of 2343 out of 3732 pairs, with an average FPS of 107.6 across all tested games, supports the conclusion that this is a capable esports platform.

Streaming workloads benefit from the CPU's 12 threads and the GPU's dedicated video encoding hardware. The PassMark data compression score of 233327 and encryption score of 11679 indicate solid throughput for encoding and transcoding tasks. The CPU's multithreaded score of 19433 in PassMark, combined with a Cinebench R23 multicore result of 12380, suggests sufficient headroom for simultaneous game capture and broadcast encoding, though the 2-thread 3DMark score of 1699 shows that heavily threaded streaming overlays may impact frame pacing.

Video editing workflows see reasonable performance from both components. The CPU's Geekbench multicore score of 9472 and single-core score of 1964 provide responsive timeline scrubbing and export acceleration. The GPU's 16 GB of VRAM and 288.0 GB/s memory bandwidth allow for large project files and multiple effect layers without exhausting graphics memory. The PassMark GPU compute score of 8987 indicates that GPU-accelerated effects and renders will process efficiently, though the 22.57 TFLOPS FP32 throughput positions this below dedicated workstation-class accelerators.

3D rendering performance is a mixed picture. The CPU's Cinebench R20 multicore score of 6980 and R15 multicore score of 1759 demonstrate competent CPU-based rendering for scenes that favor multi-threaded workloads. The GPU's 2048 shading units and 128 texture mapping units deliver a texture rate of 352.6 GTexel/s, which handles real-time viewport rendering smoothly. However, the 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 2348 indicates that final-frame GPU rendering will be moderate rather than exceptional, making this better suited for iterative preview work than production rendering farms.

Software development workloads align well with this configuration. The CPU's single-threaded performance, evidenced by a 3DMark single-thread score of 909 and PassMark single-thread score of 3481, provides fast compilation of individual translation units. The 12 threads handle parallel builds effectively, and the 18 MB of shared L3 cache reduces inter-thread communication overhead. The GPU's 16 GB VRAM supports running multiple virtual machines or containerized development environments with graphical interfaces simultaneously.

Student and office productivity tasks are well within this system's capabilities. The CPU's PassMark integer math score of 59995 and floating point math score of 46759 handle spreadsheet calculations, document processing, and database queries with ease. The data compression score of 233327 ensures quick file archiving and extraction. The GPU's 2D performance, measured at 1030 in PassMark G2D, provides smooth desktop compositing and video playback for productivity applications, while the 65W CPU TDP keeps power consumption modest for shared office spaces.

Benchmark Performance

The CPU's average benchmark score of 19039 places it at the 73rd percentile among all processors. Its nearest rival, the AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS, scores 19047 with a 0% delta, indicating statistical parity. The Intel Core 3 201E trails by 0.1%, and the Intel Core i5-1335U is 0.3% ahead, showing that this processor sits within a tightly contested performance band.

In specific CPU tests, the 3DMark suite reveals scaling characteristics: 2-thread score of 1699, 4-thread score of 3067, 8-thread score of 4779, and max-thread score of 5912. This progression shows near-linear scaling from 2 to 4 threads, with diminishing returns beyond 8 threads, consistent with a 6-core/12-thread design. The single-thread score of 909 demonstrates strong per-core efficiency for lightly threaded applications.

Cinebench results reinforce this picture. The R23 multicore score of 12380 versus single-core 1680 yields a multi-to-single ratio of approximately 7.4x, indicating excellent multi-threaded utilization for a mainstream desktop processor. The R20 scores of 6980 multi and 985 single follow the same pattern.

The GPU's average benchmark score of 17083 places it at the 60th percentile among all graphics cards. Its closest rival, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690, scores 17037 with a 0.3% gap, while the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 leads by 0.7% with a score of 17208. This positions the RX 7600 XT in the upper-midrange tier of graphics hardware.

In DirectX benchmarks, the PassMark results show DX11 scoring 167, DX12 scoring 65, and DX10 scoring 85. The higher DX11 score relative to DX12 suggests that legacy APIs run more efficiently on this architecture. The OpenCL score of 92426 from Geekbench indicates strong compute throughput, while the Vulkan score of 48366 shows competent graphics API performance.

The combined system picture shows a CPU that outperforms its GPU counterpart by 13 percentile points. This asymmetry means the processor has more headroom relative to the graphics card, which typically manifests as GPU-bound scenarios in demanding games at higher resolutions.

Balance and Bottleneck

The performance asymmetry between CPU and GPU dictates workload-specific bottlenecks. In CPU-intensive scenarios like esports titles at 1080p, the GPU becomes the limiting factor. Counter-Strike 2 drops from 163 FPS at 1080p to 108 FPS at 1440p, a 33.7% reduction, while Valorant falls from 370.3 to 313.3 FPS, a 15.4% decrease. These scaling patterns indicate that the GPU's rendering throughput, rather than the CPU's frame generation capability, constrains performance in these titles.

Conversely, in GPU-heavy titles, the CPU's advantage becomes relevant only at lower resolutions. Cyberpunk 2077 delivers 50.6 FPS at 1080p, dropping to 34.5 FPS at 1440p and 23.4 FPS at 4K. The consistent frame rates across resolutions suggest the GPU is the primary bottleneck throughout, with the CPU having sufficient headroom to feed frames at all tested settings.

The 3DMark 8-thread score of 4779 versus max-thread score of 5912 reveals that the CPU can leverage up to 12 threads effectively, but most games utilize fewer. This means in gaming workloads, the CPU's peak multithreaded capability is rarely exercised, making the GPU's 60th percentile positioning the more relevant constraint.

Memory bandwidth plays a role in this balance. The GPU's 288.0 GB/s bandwidth over a 128-bit bus is moderate for its class, potentially limiting performance in texture-heavy scenes. The CPU's dual-channel DDR4/DDR5 support provides adequate memory throughput for feeding the GPU, but the PCIe 4.0 x8 bus interface on the GPU could theoretically bottleneck data transfer in extreme scenarios, though the measured FPS data shows no signs of this limitation in practice.

Who Should Build It

Gamers targeting 1080p high-refresh competitive play will find this configuration particularly suited. The measured FPS data shows 163 FPS in Counter-Strike 2, 194 FPS in Rainbow Six Siege, and 370.3 FPS in Valorant at 1080p ultra settings. These figures support 144Hz and even 240Hz monitors for esports titles. At 1440p, the system still delivers playable frame rates in most competitive games, with Counter-Strike 2 at 108 FPS and Valorant at 313.3 FPS.

Content creators working with video editing and photo manipulation will benefit from the CPU's 12 threads and the GPU's 16 GB VRAM. The PassMark multithread score of 19433 and data compression score of 233327 indicate smooth 4K video timeline performance, while the GPU's memory capacity allows for large Photoshop canvases and After Effects compositions without swapping to system memory. The 22.57 TFLOPS FP32 throughput accelerates GPU-accelerated effects.

Software developers compiling large codebases will appreciate the CPU's balanced single and multi-threaded performance. The Geekbench single-core score of 1964 provides responsive IDE interactions, while the multicore score of 9472 speeds up parallel builds. The 12 threads handle test suites and containerized environments effectively, and the 18 MB L3 cache reduces compilation overhead for large projects.

Students and small business workstation users represent a practical match for this system. The CPU's 65W TDP keeps power consumption moderate, reducing cooling requirements and electricity costs in shared environments. The GPU's dual-slot design and 204 mm length fit standard mid-tower cases, and the 1x 8-pin power connector simplifies installation. The combination handles document processing, spreadsheet analysis, and presentation creation with substantial headroom.

CPU Analysis

The Intel Core i5-12400F utilizes the Alder Lake architecture on a 10 nm process, fabricated by Intel with a die size of 163 mm². This six-core, twelve-thread processor operates at a base clock of 2.50 GHz and boosts to 4.40 GHz, drawing 65W TDP. It supports both DDR4 and DDR5 memory in dual-channel configuration, though ECC memory is not supported. The CPU is not multiplier-unlocked, meaning overclocking is limited to BCLK adjustments on compatible motherboards.

The cache hierarchy consists of 80 KB L1 per core, 1.25 MB L2 per core, and 18 MB shared L3 cache. This configuration provides 7.5 MB L2 total and 18 MB L3, which is substantial for a mainstream processor. The 3DMark scores show strong scaling: 1699 at 2 threads, 3067 at 4 threads, 4779 at 8 threads, and 5912 at max threads. The near-doubling from 2 to 4 threads indicates efficient hyperthreading utilization.

Cinebench R23 results of 12380 multi and 1680 single demonstrate competitive multi-threaded rendering performance. The R20 scores of 6980 multi and 985 single follow expected scaling. Geekbench scores of 9472 multi and 1964 single confirm consistent performance across different benchmark methodologies. PassMark results show a multithread score of 19433 and single-thread score of 3481, with specialized tests revealing strengths in integer math (59995), floating point (46759), and extended instructions (15834).

The processor's position at the 73rd percentile among all CPUs, with a benchmark-based average score of 19039, places it ahead of the AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS by 0% and behind the Intel Core i5-1335U by 0.3%. This tight grouping indicates that performance differences among these mid-range processors are minimal in aggregated benchmarks, though the 12400F's desktop-class thermal headroom allows sustained boost clocks under load.

GPU Analysis

The AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT employs the Navi 33 chip built on TSMC's 6 nm process, containing 13,300 million transistors across a 204 mm² die. The RDNA 3.0 architecture features 2048 shading units, 128 texture mapping units, and 64 render output units, along with 32 ray tracing cores. The GPU operates at a base clock of 1980 MHz, boosts to 2755 MHz, and has a game clock of 2470 MHz.

Memory configuration includes 16 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus, providing 288.0 GB/s bandwidth. The memory runs at 2250 MHz with 18 Gbps effective speed. This generous VRAM capacity is notable for the price tier, though the 128-bit bus width limits memory bandwidth compared to wider-bus competitors. The GPU's pixel rate of 176.3 GPixel/s and texture rate of 352.6 GTexel/s indicate solid fill rates for its class.

Compute performance measures 22.57 TFLOPS FP32 and 22.57 TFLOPS FP16 with 1:1 ratio, meaning no specialized FP16 acceleration. The PassMark G3D score of 17132 places the GPU at the 60th percentile, with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 leading by 0.7%. The Geekbench OpenCL score of 92426 demonstrates strong general-purpose compute, while the Vulkan score of 48366 shows competent graphics API performance.

The 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 2348 indicates moderate next-generation API performance. The GPU supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4, ensuring compatibility with modern and upcoming titles. The 190W TDP requires a 450W power supply and uses a single 8-pin connector, making installation straightforward. Display outputs include 1x HDMI 2.1a and 3x DisplayPort 2.1, supporting multi-monitor configurations.

Upgrade Path and Platform

The Intel Socket 1700 platform provides a defined upgrade path within the 12th and 13th generation Core families. The CPU's PCIe Gen 5 support with 20 lanes offers headroom for next-generation storage and expansion cards, though the GPU currently uses PCIe 4.0 x8. Memory support for both DDR4 and DDR5 gives builders flexibility in choosing between cost-effective DDR4 or higher-bandwidth DDR5, though the platform requires choosing one or the other.

The GPU's PCIe 4.0 x8 interface is compatible with the CPU's PCIe 5.0 lanes, running at PCIe 4.0 speeds. This provides 16 GB/s bandwidth in each direction, which is sufficient for current games but may become a bottleneck with future high-bandwidth workloads. The 450W suggested PSU provides adequate headroom for the current configuration, with the CPU's 65W TDP and GPU's 190W TDP leaving room for modest component additions.

A sensible next upgrade would focus on the GPU, as the CPU's 73rd percentile ranking indicates it has more performance headroom than the GPU's 60th percentile. Moving to a higher-tier graphics card would better utilize the CPU's capabilities, particularly in GPU-bound scenarios at 1440p and 4K. Alternatively, adding a second monitor or upgrading to a higher-resolution display would leverage the GPU's 16 GB VRAM more fully.

The platform's DDR5 support allows future memory upgrades without changing the motherboard, though current DDR4 systems would require a motherboard change to adopt DDR5. The CPU's PCIe Gen 5 lanes future-proof storage upgrades, as PCIe 5.0 NVMe drives become more prevalent. The 65W TDP also allows for potential CPU upgrades within the same power envelope on compatible motherboards.

Build Overview

This desktop configuration pairs Intel's Core i5-12400F with AMD's Radeon RX 7600 XT, creating a mid-range gaming and productivity system. The CPU's 73rd percentile ranking and GPU's 60th percentile ranking combine to place the overall pair at the 67th combined percentile, with a pair rank of 2343 out of 3732 pairs by average FPS. The system's measured average FPS of 107.6 across all tested games positions it slightly above the median of all pairs.

The CPU launched in January 2022 with a launch MSRP of $174, while the GPU launched in January 2024 with a launch MSRP of 329 USD. Both components remain in active production, ensuring ongoing availability and driver support. The build class is desktop, indicating this is a stationary system intended for home or office use rather than portable computing.

The performance profile shows a system that excels in 1080p gaming, handles 1440p adequately, and struggles at 4K in demanding titles. The CPU's strong single-threaded performance benefits everyday tasks, while the GPU's 16 GB VRAM provides future-proofing for texture-heavy games. The 67th combined percentile indicates this is a competent mid-range build that outperforms approximately two-thirds of all tested CPU+GPU combinations.

FAQ

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

A: The pair ranks at the 67th combined percentile among all CPU+GPU pairings, with a specific rank of 2343 out of 3732 pairs based on average FPS across all tested games.

Q: How does the CPU compare to its nearest rivals?

A: The Intel Core i5-12400F has an average benchmark score of 19039, placing it at the 73rd percentile. It matches the AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS (19047, 0% delta), trails the Intel Core 3 201E by 0.1%, and is 0.3% behind the Intel Core i5-1335U.

Q: What is the GPU's VRAM capacity and memory bandwidth?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT features 16 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus, providing 288.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth with memory clocked at 2250 MHz (18 Gbps effective).

Q: What power supply is recommended for this system?

A: The suggested PSU for the GPU is 450 W, which accommodates the GPU's 190W TDP and the CPU's 65W TDP, leaving headroom for other components.

Q: Does this system support ray tracing?

A: Yes, the GPU includes 32 ray tracing cores based on the RDNA 3.0 architecture, supporting DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) and Vulkan 1.4 APIs with ray tracing capabilities.

Q: What are the best-performing games for this system at 1080p?

A: The highest measured FPS at 1920x1080 ultra settings includes Valorant at 370.3 FPS, CS:GO at 355.3 FPS, Roblox at 208.8 FPS, and Rainbow Six Siege at 194 FPS.

Q: How does the system perform in Cyberpunk 2077?

A: Cyberpunk 2077 runs at 50.6 FPS at 1080p, 34.5 FPS at 1440p, and 23.4 FPS at 4K with ultra settings, indicating playable performance at 1080p but challenging at higher resolutions.

Gaming Performance

The measured FPS data across 55 games at ultra settings reveals distinct performance tiers. At 1920x1080, the system delivers highly playable frame rates in most titles, with an average of 107.6 FPS across all games. Esports and competitive titles lead the pack: Valorant achieves 370.3 FPS, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive reaches 355.3 FPS, and Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege X hits 195.7 FPS. These figures comfortably support 144Hz and 240Hz displays.

At 2560x1440, performance remains solid for competitive gaming but begins to strain in AAA titles. Valorant still delivers 313.3 FPS, Counter-Strike 2 manages 108 FPS, and Call of Duty: Warzone achieves 120.6 FPS. However, demanding titles show significant drops: Cyberpunk 2077 falls to 34.5 FPS, Red Dead Redemption 2 to 32.2 FPS, and Ark: Survival Ascended to 12.6 FPS. This resolution is suitable for esports and less demanding games but requires settings reductions for modern AAA releases.

At 3840x2160, the system struggles with most titles. Valorant remains playable at 247.7 FPS, and Counter-Strike 2 hits 60 FPS, but demanding games suffer: Cyberpunk 2077 drops to 23.4 FPS, Red Dead Redemption 2 to 20.2 FPS, and Ark: Survival Ascended to 7 FPS. The Medium runs at 24.7 FPS, and Microsoft Flight Simulator at 34.7 FPS. This resolution is only viable for esports titles or older games, with the GPU's 16 GB VRAM unable to compensate for the 128-bit memory bus limitations at this resolution.

The scaling from 1080p to 1440p shows an average FPS reduction of approximately 35-40%, while moving to 4K results in an additional 40-50% reduction. This consistent scaling pattern indicates GPU-bound performance across most titles, with the CPU maintaining sufficient frame generation capability even at lower resolutions. The pair's average FPS of 107.6 across all games at all resolutions positions it within the upper third of tested configurations.