AMD Ryzen 7 8700G vs AMD Ryzen 5 8400F

Compare AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 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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Price

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$ 273.07
$ 165.69
$ 107.38 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

9769 points
26% slightly better overall score
7722 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

11596 points
11% slightly better gaming score
10390 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9145 points
33% slightly better multitasking score
6857 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8951 points
34% slightly better heavy workload score
6632 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7917 points
28% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
6145 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

245.43 points
36% slightly higher Blender score
179.45 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.2 GHz
Identical
4.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed
4.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
Identical
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
33% slightly more L2 cache
6 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
Identical
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

95th of 1,089
157th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 8000 Series
Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 January
2024 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Ryzen 7 8700G vs Ryzen 5 8400F benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 8700G is faster than the Ryzen 5 8400F. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 8400F in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 8700G has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 8400F. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 8700G has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 8400F. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 8400F. In terms of clock speed, the Ryzen 7 8700G and Ryzen 5 8400F are identical in this regard. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 8700G 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. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 8700G has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 8400F. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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 7 8700G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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