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AMD Ryzen 5 8500G vs Ryzen 5 8400F

57 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 8500G
VS
57 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 8400F
AMD Ryzen 5 8500G
AMD Ryzen 5 8400F

We compared two 6-core desktop CPUs: the 3.5 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 8500G against the 4.2 GHz Ryzen 5 8400F. 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
98.4
(Very good)
Value Index
93.3
(Very good)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 8400F and 8500G
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 8500G
  • Includes an integrated GPU Radeon 740M
  • 6% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.7 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 5 8500G
vs
Ryzen 5 8400F

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
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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)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 5 8500G
11084
Ryzen 5 8400F +9%
12058
File compression 1240 MB/sec 1320 MB/sec
Clang compilation 73.2 Klines/sec 84.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 236.6 pages/sec 256.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 278.7 Mpixels/sec 282 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 274.6 pages/sec 271.8 pages/sec
Background blur 52.9 images/sec 60.5 images/sec
Photo processing 99.3 images/sec 97.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 15.5 Mpixels/sec 18.3 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 67 & 80 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 5 8500G
21383
Ryzen 5 8400F +14%
24387
Integer math 62.6 GOps/sec 74 GOps/sec
Floating point math 38.9 GOps/sec 46.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 84M Primes/sec 89M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 29.4M Strings/sec 34.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 14.1 GBytes/sec 16.6 GBytes/sec
Data compression 248.1 MBytes/sec 288.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 1256 Frames/sec 1332 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 19B Matrices/sec 22.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 1625 & 1803 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 5 8500G
158.82
Ryzen 5 8400F +16%
183.77

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 10.1 PPW 11.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 170.5 PPW 185.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 329 PPW 375.2 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.44 PPW 2.83 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 8500G
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2025-07-23 (Dave)Cinebench 2024108 / 655
📘 2025-07-23 (Dave)Cinebench 2024104 / 557
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AMD Ryzen 5 8400F
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2025-05-13 (Виталий)GeekBench2683 / 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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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 5 8500G and Ryzen 5 8400F

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released January 8, 2024 May 14, 2024
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 4 (Phoenix) Zen 4 (Phoenix)
Model number - 8400F
Integrated GPU Radeon 740M No
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i5 14400F
Successor - - AMD Ryzen 5 9500F
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (80th and 78th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 2 6
P-Threads 4 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.5 GHz 4.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz 4.7 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 -
E-Threads 8 -
Base Frequency (E) 3.3 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.7 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 6 6
Total Threads 12 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 35x 42x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors 20.9 billions 25 billions
Fabrication Process 4 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 45-65 W (configurable) 45-65 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 88 W 88 W
Socket AM5 AM5
Peak Temperature 95°C 95°C
Desktop CPU ranking (87th and 86th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon 740M -
GPU Base Clock 800 MHz -
GPU Boost Clock 2800 MHz -
Shading Units 256 -
TMUs 16 -
ROPs 8 -
Execution Units 4 -
TGP 15 W -
iGPU FLOPS
Ryzen 5 8500G
1.4 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 8400F
n/a
See: Radeon 740M benchmarks

Memory Support

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

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 5 8500G official page AMD Ryzen 5 8400F official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 14 20

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Comments

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