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Intel Core 5 120F vs AMD Ryzen 5 8400F

52 out of 100
Intel Core 5 120F
VS
57 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 8400F
Intel Core 5 120F
AMD Ryzen 5 8400F

We compared two 6-core desktop CPUs: the 2.5 GHz Intel Core 5 120F against the 4.2 GHz AMD 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
61.6
(Average)
Value Index
93.3
(Very good)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 8400F and 120F
Advantages of Intel Core 5 120F
  • Newer - released 1 year and 1 month later
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 8400F
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 10 nanometers
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
  • 4% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.7 GHz vs 4.5 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core 5 120F
vs
Ryzen 5 8400F

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Core 5 120F
674
Ryzen 5 8400F +10%
739
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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)
Core 5 120F
2364
Ryzen 5 8400F +7%
2541
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core 5 120F
9805
Ryzen 5 8400F +23%
12058
File compression - 1320 MB/sec
Clang compilation - 84.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser - 256.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer - 282 Mpixels/sec
Text processing - 271.8 pages/sec
Background blur - 60.5 images/sec
Photo processing - 97.2 images/sec
Ray tracing - 18.3 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 80 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core 5 120F
3636
Ryzen 5 8400F +1%
3685
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core 5 120F
21477
Ryzen 5 8400F +14%
24387
Integer math 66.5 GOps/sec 74 GOps/sec
Floating point math 51.4 GOps/sec 46.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 75M Primes/sec 89M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 25.1M Strings/sec 34.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 13 GBytes/sec 16.6 GBytes/sec
Data compression 257.2 MBytes/sec 288.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 1337 Frames/sec 1332 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 17.4B Matrices/sec 22.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2 & 1803 samples

Blender

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

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 10.4 PPW 11.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 150.8 PPW 185.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 330.4 PPW 375.2 PPW
Blender / Watt - 2.83 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

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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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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core 5 120F and AMD Ryzen 5 8400F

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released June 14, 2025 May 14, 2024
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Bartlett Lake-S Zen 4 (Phoenix)
Model number 120F 8400F
Integrated GPU No No
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i5 14400F
Successor - - AMD Ryzen 5 9500F
Intel CPU rating (#138th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#78th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 12 12
Base Frequency (P) 2.5 GHz 4.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.5 GHz 4.7 GHz
Total
Total Cores 6 6
Total Threads 12 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 25x 42x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 18MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Transistors - 25 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 45-65 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) - 88 W
Socket LGA-1700 AM5
Peak Temperature 100°C 95°C
Desktop CPU ranking (100th and 87th place)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200		 - DDR5-5200
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 76.8 GB/s -
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core 5 120F official page AMD Ryzen 5 8400F official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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Comments

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