AMD Ryzen 5 3500 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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4057 points

7722 points

90% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6490 points

10390 points

60% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3294 points

6857 points

108% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3162 points

6632 points

109% significantly better heavy workload score

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3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4797 points

6145 points

28% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.14 points

179.45 points

110% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

4.2 GHz

16% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz

4.7 GHz

14% 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

Identical

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

430th of 1,089

156th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 5 3500 vs Ryzen 5 8400F comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 8400F beats the Ryzen 5 3500 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 3500 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen 5 8400F has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 8400F has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 3500. 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. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 8400F has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 3500. 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. For instance, the Ryzen 5 3500 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.