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Intel Core i7 11700 vs AMD Ryzen 5 8400F

48 out of 100
Intel Core i7 11700
VS
57 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 8400F
Intel Core i7 11700
AMD Ryzen 5 8400F

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 2.5 GHz Intel Core i7 11700 with 8-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
18.3
(Bad)
Value Index
93.3
(Very good)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 8400F and 11700
Advantages of Intel Core i7 11700
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Includes an integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 750
  • 4% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.9 GHz vs 4.7 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 8400F
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 14 nanometers
  • Newer - released 3 years and 2 months later
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
  • 19% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2541 vs 2143 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 11700
vs
Ryzen 5 8400F

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 i7 11700
2143
Ryzen 5 8400F +19%
2541
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i7 11700
9325
Ryzen 5 8400F +29%
12058
File compression 589.1 MB/sec 1320 MB/sec
Clang compilation 80 Klines/sec 84.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 188.6 pages/sec 256.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 284.1 Mpixels/sec 282 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 206.9 pages/sec 271.8 pages/sec
Background blur 47.9 images/sec 60.5 images/sec
Photo processing 65.3 images/sec 97.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 17.6 Mpixels/sec 18.3 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1026 & 80 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i7 11700
3256
Ryzen 5 8400F +13%
3685
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i7 11700
20589
Ryzen 5 8400F +18%
24387
Integer math 79.3 GOps/sec 74 GOps/sec
Floating point math 46.2 GOps/sec 46.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 55M Primes/sec 89M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 30.2M Strings/sec 34.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 12.6 GBytes/sec 16.6 GBytes/sec
Data compression 262.6 MBytes/sec 288.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 880 Frames/sec 1332 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 18.2B Matrices/sec 22.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 3419 & 1803 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 11700
172.16
Ryzen 5 8400F +7%
183.77

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 11 PPW 11.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 143.5 PPW 185.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 316.8 PPW 375.2 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.65 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 i7 11700
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2025-12-27 (Blikz911)Cinebench 202487 / 750
📘 2024-04-19 (Sotthy)Cinebench 202491 / 714
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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
Add View all (4)

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 11700 and AMD Ryzen 5 8400F

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released March 16, 2021 May 14, 2024
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Rocket Lake Zen 4 (Phoenix)
Model number i7-11700 8400F
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 750 No
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 5800 - Intel Core i5 14400F
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 265 - AMD Ryzen 5 9500F
Intel CPU rating (#175th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#78th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 6
P-Threads 16 12
Base Frequency (P) 2.5 GHz 4.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.9 GHz 4.7 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 6
Total Threads 16 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 25x 42x
Bus Bandwidth 8 GT/s -
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Transistors - 25 billions
Fabrication Process 14 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 45-65 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) - 88 W
Socket LGA-1200 AM5
Peak Temperature 100°C 95°C
Desktop CPU ranking (118th and 87th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 750 -
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz -
GPU Boost Clock 1300 MHz -
Shading Units 256 -
TMUs 64 -
ROPs 32 -
Execution Units 32 -
TGP 15 W -
iGPU FLOPS
Core i7 11700
0.7 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 8400F
n/a
See: Intel UHD Graphics 750 benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200 - DDR5-5200
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 50 GB/s -
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 11700 official page AMD Ryzen 5 8400F official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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Comments

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