AMD Ryzen 5 8400F vs Intel Core Ultra 7 255H

Compare AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 6 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 16 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
0.80% slightly better overall score
7661 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10390 points
8% slightly better gaming score
9595 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6857 points
7028 points
2% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6632 points
6834 points
3% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

179.45 points
212.94 points
18% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
16
166% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.2 GHz
110% significantly higher clock speed
2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
5.1 GHz
8% 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
28 MiB
366% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
24 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

161st of 1,099
163rd of 1,099

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
DDR5-8400

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 7 255H benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 8400F is faster than the Core Ultra 7 255H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 7 255H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 7 255H has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 8400F. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 255H has 16 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 8400F. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 8400F. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 8400F has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 255H. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 255H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 255H has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 8400F. The Core Ultra 7 255H also has significantly more 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 8400F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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