AMD Ryzen 7 3700X vs AMD Ryzen 5 8400F

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD Ryzen 5 8400F

Price

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$ 198.00

$ 165.69

$ 32.31 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6367 points

7680 points

20% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7662 points

10143 points

32% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5933 points

6887 points

16% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5807 points

6674 points

14% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6052 points

6145 points

1% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

180.28 points

0.46% slightly higher Blender score

179.45 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

4.2 GHz

16% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz

4.7 GHz

6% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

Identical

65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB

6 MiB

49% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB

100% significantly more L3 cache

16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

243rd of 1,121

166th of 1,121

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop

Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 July

2024 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 7 3700X vs Ryzen 5 8400F comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 8400F performs better than the Ryzen 7 3700X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 3700X in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 3700X has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 8400F has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 8400F. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 8400F has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 7 3700X. Also, the Ryzen 5 8400F has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 8400F has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 3700X. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 3700X 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 7 3700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.