AMD Ryzen 5 8400F vs Intel Core Ultra 5 225

Compare AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 6 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 10 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

7722 points
9336 points
20% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10390 points
12806 points
23% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6857 points
8189 points
19% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6632 points
7901 points
19% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

179.45 points
221.91 points
23% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
10
66% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
20% slightly more threads
10

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.2 GHz
27% slightly higher clock speed
3.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
4.9 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB
22 MiB
266% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
20 MiB
25% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

156th of 1,089
103rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 8000 Series
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 April
2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR5-6400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 8400F vs Core Ultra 5 225 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 5 225 is faster than the Ryzen 5 8400F. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 8400F in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 5 225 has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 8400F has 6 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 8400F has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 225. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 8400F has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 225. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 225 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 5 225 has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 8400F. The Core Ultra 5 225 also has slightly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 8400F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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