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Intel Core i5 14400F vs AMD Ryzen 5 8400F

56 out of 100
Intel Core i5 14400F
VS
57 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 8400F
Intel Core i5 14400F
AMD Ryzen 5 8400F

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 14400F with 10-cores against the 4.2 GHz AMD 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
67.4
(Good)
Value Index
93.3
(Very good)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 8400F and 14400F
Advantages of Intel Core i5 14400F
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
  • 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

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i5 14400F
vs
Ryzen 5 8400F

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#175th place)
Submit your benchmark results

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)
Core i5 14400F +4%
12600
Ryzen 5 8400F
12058
File compression 1180 MB/sec 1320 MB/sec
Clang compilation 82.1 Klines/sec 84.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 322.7 pages/sec 256.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 378.8 Mpixels/sec 282 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 241.4 pages/sec 271.8 pages/sec
Background blur 54.2 images/sec 60.5 images/sec
Photo processing 125.5 images/sec 97.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 19.6 Mpixels/sec 18.3 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 80 & 80 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i5 14400F +4%
25455
Ryzen 5 8400F
24387
Integer math 81.5 GOps/sec 74 GOps/sec
Floating point math 61.3 GOps/sec 46.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 86M Primes/sec 89M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 32.7M Strings/sec 34.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 16.9 GBytes/sec 16.6 GBytes/sec
Data compression 315.5 MBytes/sec 288.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 1518 Frames/sec 1332 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 19.9B Matrices/sec 22.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 6004 & 1803 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i5 14400F +7%
196.47
Ryzen 5 8400F
183.77

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 14.3 PPW 11.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 193.8 PPW 185.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 391.6 PPW 375.2 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.02 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
Intel Core i5 14400F
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-06 (Ryuk)Cinebench 2024105 / 868
📘 2026-09-04 (zaheer)Cinebench 2026569 / 3046
📘 2025-08-08 (Althy)Cinebench 2024109 / 931
📘 2025-08-07 (Striden Von)Cinebench 2024105 / 927
📘 2025-08-05 (Striden Von)Cinebench 202498 / 870
Add View all (7)
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
Add View all (4)

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 14400F and AMD Ryzen 5 8400F

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 9, 2024 May 14, 2024
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Refresh Zen 4 (Phoenix)
Model number i5-14400F 8400F
Integrated GPU No No
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 7500F - Intel Core i5 14400F
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 225F - AMD Ryzen 5 9500F
Intel CPU rating (#107th 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) 4.7 GHz 4.7 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 -
E-Threads 4 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.8 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.5 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 10 6
Total Threads 16 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 25x 42x
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 - 25 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 (88th and 86th 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 i5 14400F official page AMD Ryzen 5 8400F official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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Total votes: 58

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Comments

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