AMD Ryzen 5 8400F vs Intel Core Ultra 9 285H

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

0.19% slightly better overall score

7707 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10390 points

2% slightly better gaming score

10126 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6857 points

6950 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6632 points

6726 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

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3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6145 points

10239 points

66% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

179.45 points

234.24 points

30% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

166% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.2 GHz

44% significantly higher clock speed

2.9 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz

5.4 GHz

14% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

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

157th of 1,089

158th 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

DDR5-8400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 5 8400F vs Core Ultra 9 285H specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 9 285H performs better than the Ryzen 5 8400F. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 8400F has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 9 285H has significantly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 8400F that has 6 cores. 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 9 285H. Despite this, the Core Ultra 9 285H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 9 285H has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 8400F. The Core Ultra 9 285H also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 Ryzen 5 8400F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.