AMD Ryzen 5 7430U vs Intel Core i5 8400

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 5 7430U, vs Intel Core i5 8400. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 5 7430U and Intel Core i5 8400
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7430U
1421
Intel Core i5 8400
1028
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7430U
8198
Intel Core i5 8400
5852
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7430U
81
Intel Core i5 8400
n/a
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7430U
443
Intel Core i5 8400
n/a
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7430U
2908
Intel Core i5 8400
2373
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7430U
15155
Intel Core i5 8400
9222
Integer Math56.3 GOps/s25.6 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math30.6 GOps/s22 GOps/s
Prime Number Search46 M primes/s37 M primes/s
Random String Sort18.8 M strings/s16 M strings/s
Data Encryption11.5 GB/s2.8 GB/s
Data Compression180.9 MB/s130.1 MB/s
Physics660 frames/s636 frames/s
Extended Instructions12 M matrices/s115 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7430U
1865
Intel Core i5 8400
1414
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7430U
6558
Intel Core i5 8400
5082
File Compression606.2 MB/s392.9 MB/s
Clang Compilation51.2 KLines/s36 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser106.5 pages/s115 pages/s
PDF Rendering177.4 MP/sec156.8 MP/sec
Text Processing189.7 pages/s139 pages/s
Background Blur31 frames/s33.8 frames/s
Photo Processing44.4 frames/s49.9 frames/s
Ray Tracing12.8 MP/sec5.93 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 7430U
86.99
Intel Core i5 8400
77.38

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 437.2 PPW 78.2 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 1010.3 PPW 141.9 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 29.5 PPW n/a
Blender / W 5.8 PPW 1.19 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Intel
Announced January, 5, 2023 October, 5, 2017
Type Laptop use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 3 (Cezanne) Coffee Lake
Model number n/a i5-8400
Integrated GPU Radeon RX Vega 7 UHD Graphics 630

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 6 6
Threads 12 6
Frequency 2.3 GHz 2.8 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.3 GHz 4 GHz
General
Cores count66
Threads count126
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Bandwidthn/a8 GT/s
Multiplier23x28x
L1 cache64 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache512 KB/core256 KB/core
L3 Cache16 MB total9 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Transistor count 10.7 billion n/a
Process tech. 7 nm 14 nm
Power (TDP) 15 W 65 W
Socket FP6 LGA-1151
Critical temp. 95 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4x-4267
DDR4-2666
Max Size 64 GB 128 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support Yes No
Max memory bandwidth n/a 41.6 GB

Other

PCIe Version 3.0 3.0
Max PCIe Lanes 20 16
Channels n/a 41422

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Ryzen 5 7430U the clear winner in this comparison.

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