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AMD Ryzen 7 5700X vs Ryzen 5 8400F

52 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
VS
57 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 8400F
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
AMD Ryzen 5 8400F

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.4 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 5700X with 8-cores against the 4.2 GHz Ryzen 5 8400F with 6-cores. 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
57.1
(Average)
Value Index
93.3
(Very good)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 8400F and 5700X
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
  • Has 16 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Has 2 more physical cores
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 8400F
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
  • Newer - released 2 years and 2 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 7 nanometers
  • 17% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2541 vs 2166 points
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.7 GHz vs 4.6 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 7 5700X
vs
Ryzen 5 8400F

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 477 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 3191 -
Cinebench Scores (#198th 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 7 5700X
2166
Ryzen 5 8400F +17%
2541
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 7 5700X
10313
Ryzen 5 8400F +17%
12058
File compression 1060 MB/sec 1320 MB/sec
Clang compilation 78.8 Klines/sec 84.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 209.4 pages/sec 256.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 307.8 Mpixels/sec 282 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 217.9 pages/sec 271.8 pages/sec
Background blur 41.4 images/sec 60.5 images/sec
Photo processing 76.8 images/sec 97.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 18.6 Mpixels/sec 18.3 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 637 & 80 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 7 5700X +9%
26561
Ryzen 5 8400F
24387
Integer math 92.3 GOps/sec 74 GOps/sec
Floating point math 51.9 GOps/sec 46.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 117M Primes/sec 89M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 33.6M Strings/sec 34.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 20.2 GBytes/sec 16.6 GBytes/sec
Data compression 323.8 MBytes/sec 288.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 1325 Frames/sec 1332 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 21.8B Matrices/sec 22.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 21736 & 1803 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 7 5700X +12%
205.55
Ryzen 5 8400F
183.77

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 12.8 PPW 11.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 158.7 PPW 185.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 408.6 PPW 375.2 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.16 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 7 5700X
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-20 -> bangGeekBench2275 / 10804
📘 2026-07-12 (kcb2)Cinebench 2026477 / 3191
📘 2026-06-10 (DrDimebadger)Cinebench 202692 / 771
📘 2026-03-09 (Max_Max_In)GeekBench2308 / 11861
📘 2025-12-17 (ProverbsSTR)Cinebench 202494 / 879
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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 7 5700X and Ryzen 5 8400F

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released March 15, 2022 May 14, 2024
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 3 (Vermeer) Zen 4 (Phoenix)
Model number - 8400F
Integrated GPU No No
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core i7 12700K - Intel Core i5 14400F
Successor - AMD Ryzen 7 9700X - AMD Ryzen 5 9500F
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (104th and 78th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 6
P-Threads 16 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.4 GHz 4.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.6 GHz 4.7 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 6
Total Threads 16 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 34x 42x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 32MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors - 25 billions
Fabrication Process 7 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 45-65 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 88 W 88 W
Socket AM4 AM5
Peak Temperature 90°C 95°C
Desktop CPU ranking (101st and 86th place)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200 - DDR5-5200
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 51.2 GB/s -
ECC Support Yes No

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 7 5700X official page AMD Ryzen 5 8400F official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 24 20

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Comments

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