Intel Core i5-13400F vs AMD Ryzen 5 8400F

Core i5-13400F vs Ryzen 5 8400F benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-13400F performs better than the Ryzen 5 8400F. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 8400F in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-13400F has significantly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 8400F that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 8400F. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 8400F has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13400F. Also, the Ryzen 5 8400F has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 8400F has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-13400F. Despite this, the Core i5-13400F has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 8400F.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-13400F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.