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Intel Core i5 14400 vs AMD Ryzen 5 8500G

55 out of 100
Intel Core i5 14400
VS
57 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 8500G
Intel Core i5 14400
AMD Ryzen 5 8500G

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 14400 with 10-cores against the 3.5 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 8500G 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
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
65.8
(Good)
Value Index
91.9
(Very good)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 8500G and 14400
Advantages of Intel Core i5 14400
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 8500G
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 10 nanometers
  • More powerful Radeon 740M integrated graphics: 1.4 vs 0.6 TFLOPS
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
  • 6% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.7 GHz)
  • 13% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2716 vs 2394 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i5 14400
vs
Ryzen 5 8500G

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)
Core i5 14400
2394
Ryzen 5 8500G +13%
2716
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i5 14400 +1%
11183
Ryzen 5 8500G
11084
File compression 1006.1 MB/sec 1240 MB/sec
Clang compilation 85.5 Klines/sec 73.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 292.8 pages/sec 236.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 359.2 Mpixels/sec 278.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 237.1 pages/sec 274.6 pages/sec
Background blur 54 images/sec 52.9 images/sec
Photo processing 103.9 images/sec 99.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 20.1 Mpixels/sec 15.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1] – 173 & 67 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i5 14400 +17%
25072
Ryzen 5 8500G
21383
Integer math 82 GOps/sec 62.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 61.6 GOps/sec 38.9 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 80M Primes/sec 84M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 32.4M Strings/sec 29.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 16.7 GBytes/sec 14.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 315 MBytes/sec 248.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 1393 Frames/sec 1256 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 19.8B Matrices/sec 19B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2047 & 1625 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i5 14400 +23%
194.72
Ryzen 5 8500G
158.82

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 13.3 PPW 10.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 172 PPW 170.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 385.7 PPW 329 PPW
Blender / Watt 3 PPW 2.44 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
Intel Core i5 14400
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AMD Ryzen 5 8500G
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2025-07-23 (Dave)Cinebench 2024108 / 655
📘 2025-07-23 (Dave)Cinebench 2024104 / 557
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 14400 and AMD Ryzen 5 8500G

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 9, 2024 January 8, 2024
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Refresh Zen 4 (Phoenix)
Model number i5-14400 -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 730 Radeon 740M
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 225 -
Intel CPU rating (#112th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#80th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 2
P-Threads 12 4
Base Frequency (P) 2.5 GHz 3.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz 5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 4
E-Threads 4 8
Base Frequency (E) 1.8 GHz 3.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.5 GHz 3.7 GHz
Total
Total Cores 10 6
Total Threads 16 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 25x 35x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 20MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Transistors - 20.9 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 45-65 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 148 W 88 W
Socket LGA-1700 AM5
Peak Temperature 100°C 95°C
Desktop CPU ranking (91st and 88th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 730 Radeon 740M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 800 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1550 MHz 2800 MHz
Shading Units 192 256
TMUs 48 16
ROPs 24 8
Execution Units 24 4
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i5 14400
0.6 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 8500G +133%
1.4 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 740M compared to UHD Graphics 730

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 Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 14400 official page AMD Ryzen 5 8500G official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 14

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Comments

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