AMD Ryzen 5 8400F vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D

Compare AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5000 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

7685 points
34% slightly better overall score
5696 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10180 points
29% slightly better gaming score
7862 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6878 points
37% slightly better multitasking score
4989 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6663 points
38% slightly better heavy workload score
4822 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

179.45 points
23% slightly higher Blender score
144.95 points

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

4.2 GHz
39% slightly higher clock speed
3.00 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
17% slightly higher turbo speed
4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
61% significantly lower TDP
105 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache
3 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
96 MiB
499% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

166th of 1,114
288th of 1,114

Family

The product line

Ryzen 8000 Series
Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 April
2025 June

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
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Ryzen 5 8400F vs Ryzen 5 5500X3D comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 8400F beats the Ryzen 5 5500X3D in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 5500X3D 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. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 8400F has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 5500X3D. Also, the Ryzen 5 8400F has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 8400F CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 5500X3D CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 8400F has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 5500X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5500X3D has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 8400F.

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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