AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 8400F

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 99.99
$ 65.70 significantly less expensive
$ 165.69

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4361 points
7722 points
77% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5968 points
10390 points
74% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3844 points
6857 points
78% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3721 points
6632 points
78% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3464 points
6145 points
77% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

106.27 points
179.45 points
68% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
Identical
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
Identical
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz
4.2 GHz
23% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz
4.7 GHz
20% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
Identical
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
6 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
Identical
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

404th of 1,089
157th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 April
2024 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Ryzen 5 2600 vs Ryzen 5 8400F comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 8400F is faster than the Ryzen 5 2600. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 2600 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 8400F has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 2600. Also, the Ryzen 5 8400F has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 8400F has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 2600. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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