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Intel Core i5 14400F vs AMD Ryzen 5 8500G

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

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 14400F 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 (2)

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
98.4
(Very good)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 8500G 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 8500G
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 10 nanometers
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
  • Includes an integrated GPU Radeon 740M
  • 6% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.7 GHz)
  • 13% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2716 vs 2402 points

Test in Benchmarks

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

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#177th 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)
Core i5 14400F
2402
Ryzen 5 8500G +13%
2716
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i5 14400F +14%
12600
Ryzen 5 8500G
11084
File compression 1180 MB/sec 1240 MB/sec
Clang compilation 82.1 Klines/sec 73.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 322.7 pages/sec 236.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 378.8 Mpixels/sec 278.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 241.4 pages/sec 274.6 pages/sec
Background blur 54.2 images/sec 52.9 images/sec
Photo processing 125.5 images/sec 99.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 19.6 Mpixels/sec 15.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 80 & 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 14400F +19%
25455
Ryzen 5 8500G
21383
Integer math 81.5 GOps/sec 62.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 61.3 GOps/sec 38.9 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 86M Primes/sec 84M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 32.7M Strings/sec 29.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 16.9 GBytes/sec 14.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 315.5 MBytes/sec 248.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 1518 Frames/sec 1256 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 19.9B Matrices/sec 19B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 6004 & 1625 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i5 14400F +24%
196.47
Ryzen 5 8500G
158.82

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 14.3 PPW 10.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 193.8 PPW 170.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 391.6 PPW 329 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.02 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 14400F
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-06 (Ryuk)Cinebench 2024105 / 868
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-04 (zaheer)Cinebench 2026569 / 3046
πŸ“˜ 2025-08-08 (Althy)Cinebench 2024109 / 931
πŸ“˜ 2025-08-07 (Striden Von)Cinebench 2024105 / 927
πŸ“˜ 2025-08-05 (Striden Von)Cinebench 202498 / 870
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AMD Ryzen 5 8500G
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-07-23 (Dave)Cinebench 2024108 / 655
πŸ“˜ 2025-07-23 (Dave)Cinebench 2024104 / 557
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 14400F 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 i5-14400F -
Integrated GPU No Radeon 740M
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 7500F -
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 225F -
Intel CPU rating (#107th 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 100Β°C 95Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (89th and 88th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics - Radeon 740M
GPU Base Clock - 800 MHz
GPU Boost Clock - 2800 MHz
Shading Units - 256
TMUs - 16
ROPs - 8
Execution Units - 4
TGP - 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i5 14400F
n/a
Ryzen 5 8500G
1.4 TFLOPS
See: Radeon 740M benchmarks

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 14400F 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

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 5 8500G or Intel Core i5 14400F?
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MidGer November 7, 2024 at 10:41 AM
i5 14400f is definitely better than the Ryzen 5 8500G
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Han July 6, 2024 at 07:24 AM
AMD 8000 series is the best choice in its price class
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