AMD Ryzen 5 8400F vs AMD Ryzen 7 260

Compare AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 200 Series 8 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
7924 points
2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10390 points
10% slightly better gaming score
9428 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6857 points
7435 points
8% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6632 points
7295 points
9% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

179.45 points
72% significantly higher Blender score
104.21 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
8
33% slightly 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
10% slightly higher clock speed
3.80 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
5.1 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
45 W
44% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB
8 MiB
33% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
Identical
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

156th of 1,089
150th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 8000 Series
Ryzen 200 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 April
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Ryzen 5 8400F vs Ryzen 7 260 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 260 performs better than the Ryzen 5 8400F. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 8400F has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 260 has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 8400F. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 260 has 8 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 slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 260. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 260 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 260 outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 8400F thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 260 has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 8400F. 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. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 8400F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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