AMD Ryzen 5 7500F vs Intel Core i5 8400

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 5 7500F, vs Intel Core i5 8400. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 5 7500F 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 7500F
1819
Intel Core i5 8400
1028
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7500F
13809
Intel Core i5 8400
5852
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7500F
114
Intel Core i5 8400
n/a
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7500F
847
Intel Core i5 8400
n/a
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7500F
3843
Intel Core i5 8400
2373
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7500F
26844
Intel Core i5 8400
9222
Integer Math79.3 GOps/s25.6 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math47.2 GOps/s22 GOps/s
Prime Number Search200 M primes/s37 M primes/s
Random String Sort36 M strings/s16 M strings/s
Data Encryption17.5 GB/s2.8 GB/s
Data Compression306.6 MB/s130.1 MB/s
Physics1795 frames/s636 frames/s
Extended Instructions228 M matrices/s115 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7500F
2766
Intel Core i5 8400
1414
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7500F
13306
Intel Core i5 8400
5082
File Compression1530 MB/s392.9 MB/s
Clang Compilation95 KLines/s36 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser300.3 pages/s115 pages/s
PDF Rendering348.4 MP/sec156.8 MP/sec
Text Processing295.5 pages/s139 pages/s
Background Blur43.4 frames/s33.8 frames/s
Photo Processing108.3 frames/s49.9 frames/s
Ray Tracing20.4 MP/sec5.93 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 7500F
202.93
Intel Core i5 8400
77.38

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 204.7 PPW 78.2 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 413 PPW 141.9 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 13 PPW n/a
Blender / W 3.12 PPW 1.19 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Intel
Announced July, 23, 2023 October, 5, 2017
Type PC use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 4 (Raphael) Coffee Lake
Model number n/a i5-8400
Integrated GPU No UHD Graphics 630

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 6 6
Threads 12 6
Frequency 3.7 GHz 2.8 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5 GHz 4 GHz
General
Cores count66
Threads count126
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Bandwidthn/a8 GT/s
Multiplier37x28x
L1 cache64 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/core256 KB/core
L3 Cache32 MB total9 MB total
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Package

Transistor count 6.5 billion n/a
Process tech. 5 nm 14 nm
Power (TDP) 65 W 65 W
Socket AM5 LGA-1151
Critical temp. 95 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR5-5200 DDR4-2666
Max Size 128 GB 128 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support Yes No
Max memory bandwidth n/a 41.6 GB

Other

PCIe Version 5.0 3.0
Max PCIe Lanes 28 16
Channels n/a 41422

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Ryzen 5 7500F the clear winner in this comparison.

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