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AMD Ryzen 5 8400F vs Ryzen 5 7600X

57 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 8400F
VS
63 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
AMD Ryzen 5 8400F
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

We compared two 6-core desktop CPUs: the 4.2 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 8400F against the 4.7 GHz Ryzen 5 7600X. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
93.3
(Very good)
Value Index
106.5
(Excellent)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7600X and 8400F
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 8400F
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
  • Newer - released 1 year and 8 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 5 nanometers
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
  • Has 16 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 16% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2941 vs 2541 points
  • Includes an integrated GPU Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
  • 13% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.3 GHz vs 4.7 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 5 8400F
vs
Ryzen 5 7600X

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#196th place)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Ryzen 5 8400F
2541
Ryzen 5 7600X +16%
2941
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 5 8400F
12058
Ryzen 5 7600X +13%
13615
File compression 1320 MB/sec 1490 MB/sec
Clang compilation 84.7 Klines/sec 94.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 256.7 pages/sec 269.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 282 Mpixels/sec 342 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 271.8 pages/sec 308.4 pages/sec
Background blur 60.5 images/sec 66.1 images/sec
Photo processing 97.2 images/sec 108.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 18.3 Mpixels/sec 20.4 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 80 & 1068 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Ryzen 5 8400F
3685
Ryzen 5 7600X +12%
4129
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 5 8400F
24387
Ryzen 5 7600X +16%
28271
Integer math 74 GOps/sec 84.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 46.2 GOps/sec 50.8 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 89M Primes/sec 207M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 34.6M Strings/sec 38.1M Strings/sec
Data encryption 16.6 GBytes/sec 18.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 288.1 MBytes/sec 317.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 1332 Frames/sec 1820 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 22.2B Matrices/sec 24.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 1803 & 11881 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 5 8400F
183.77
Ryzen 5 7600X +16%
213.14

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 11.4 PPW 8.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 185.5 PPW 129.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 375.2 PPW 269.2 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.83 PPW 2.03 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
AMD Ryzen 5 8400F
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2025-05-13 (Виталий)Geekbench 6 CPU2683 / 12790
📘 2025-05-13 (Виталий)Cinebench 2024106 / 813
📘 2025-03-24 (Zen)Cinebench 2024103 / 739
📘 2025-02-11 (soZe)Cinebench 2024102 / 675
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AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-05-19 (Luficek)Cinebench 2024116 / 883
📘 2026-05-06 (Luficek)Cinebench 2024116 / 856
📘 2026-04-23 (EpsilonMaru)Cinebench 2024121 / 917
📘 2025-12-30 (ImKaTz)Geekbench 6 CPU3054 / 14225
📘 2025-12-30 (ImKaTz)Cinebench 2024121 / 899
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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 5 8400F and Ryzen 5 7600X

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released May 14, 2024 September 29, 2022
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 4 (Phoenix) Zen 4 (Raphael)
Model number 8400F -
Integrated GPU No Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core i5 14400F - Intel Core i5 13600K
Successor - AMD Ryzen 5 9500F - AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (78th and 50th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 12 12
Base Frequency (P) 4.2 GHz 4.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz 5.3 GHz
Total
Total Cores 6 6
Total Threads 12 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 42x 47x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors 25 billions 6.57 billions
Fabrication Process 4 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 45-65 W (configurable) 105 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 88 W 116 W
Socket AM5 AM5
Peak Temperature 95°C 95°C
Desktop CPU ranking (87th and 71st place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics - Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
GPU Base Clock - 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock - 2200 MHz
Shading Units - 128
TMUs - 8
ROPs - 4
Execution Units - 2
TGP - 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Ryzen 5 8400F
n/a
Ryzen 5 7600X
0.6 TFLOPS
See: Radeon Graphics iGPU (Ryzen 7000) benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5200 - DDR5-5200
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 5 8400F official page AMD Ryzen 5 7600X official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 28

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Comments

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