AMD Ryzen 5 8600G vs Ryzen 5 8400F

60 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 8600G
VS
57 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 8400F

We compared two 6-core desktop CPUs: the 4.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 8600G 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.

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
83.4
(Good)
Value Index
93.3
(Very good)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 8400F and 8600G
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 8600G
  • Includes an integrated GPU Radeon 760M
  • 6% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.7 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#193rd place)

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)
12463
File compression 1270 MB/sec 1320 MB/sec
Clang compilation 85.2 Klines/sec 84.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 269.9 pages/sec 256.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 330.3 Mpixels/sec 282 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 284 pages/sec 271.8 pages/sec
Background blur 60.9 images/sec 60.5 images/sec
Photo processing 109.2 images/sec 97.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 18.3 Mpixels/sec 18.3 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]176 & 80 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
25188
Integer math 76.8 GOps/sec 74 GOps/sec
Floating point math 47.9 GOps/sec 46.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 94M Primes/sec 89M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 35.1M Strings/sec 34.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 17.1 GBytes/sec 16.6 GBytes/sec
Data compression 292.8 MBytes/sec 288.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 1416 Frames/sec 1332 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 22.6B Matrices/sec 22.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4]1986 & 1803 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
173.33
183.77

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 13 PPW 11.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 191.7 PPW 185.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 387.5 PPW 375.2 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.67 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 8600G
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2025-08-31 (Metzen)GeekBench2850 / 13124
📘 2025-08-31 (Metzen)Cinebench 2024113 / 847
📘 2025-06-19 (karky)Cinebench 2024104 / 766
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

Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 5 8600G 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 760M No
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i5 14400F
Successor - - AMD Ryzen 5 9500F
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (64th and 78th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 12 12
Base Frequency (P) 4.3 GHz 4.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz 4.7 GHz
Total
Total Cores 6 6
Total Threads 12 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 43x 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 25 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 (77th and 86th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon 760M -
GPU Base Clock 800 MHz -
GPU Boost Clock 2800 MHz -
Shading Units 512 -
TMUs 32 -
ROPs 16 -
Execution Units 8 -
TGP 15 W -
iGPU FLOPS
2.9 TFLOPS

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 8600G official page AMD Ryzen 5 8400F official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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