AMD Ryzen 5 8600G vs Intel Core i5 8400
We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 8600G with 6 cores 4.3GHz and Intel Core i5 8400 with 6 cores 2.8GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
AMD Ryzen 5 8600G 's Advantages
Released 6 years and 3 months late
Better graphics card performance
Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 2666)
Larger memory bandwidth (83.2GB/s vs 41.6GB/s)
Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)
Higher base frequency (4.3GHz vs 2.8GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (16MB vs 9MB)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 14nm)
Score
Benchmark
Cinebench R23 Single Core
AMD Ryzen 5 8600G
+69%
1738
Intel Core i5 8400
1026
Cinebench R23 Multi Core
AMD Ryzen 5 8600G
+130%
13359
Intel Core i5 8400
5798
Geekbench 6 Single Core
AMD Ryzen 5 8600G
+109%
2725
Intel Core i5 8400
1298
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
AMD Ryzen 5 8600G
+166%
12453
Intel Core i5 8400
4677
Blender
AMD Ryzen 5 8600G
+168%
223
Intel Core i5 8400
83
Passmark CPU Single Core
AMD Ryzen 5 8600G
+61%
3864
Intel Core i5 8400
2387
Passmark CPU Multi Core
AMD Ryzen 5 8600G
+174%
25316
Intel Core i5 8400
9214
General Parameters
Jan 2024
Release Date
Oct 2017
AMD
Manufacturer
Intel
Desktop
Type
Desktop
x86-64
Instruction Set
x86-64
Zen 4 (Phoenix)
Core Architecture
Coffee Lake
-
Processor Number
i5-8400
AM5
Socket
LGA-1151
Radeon 760M
Integrated Graphics
UHD Graphics 630
Ryzen 5 (Zen 4 (Phoenix))
Generation
-
Package
25 billions
Transistor Count
-
4 nm
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
45-65 W
Power Consumption
65 W
95°C
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
TSMC
Foundry
-
178 mm²
Die Size
-
CPU Performance
6
Performance Cores
6
12
Performance Core Threads
6
4.3 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.8 GHz
5 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4 GHz
6
Total Core Count
6
12
Total Thread Count
6
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
43x
Multiplier
28x
64 K per core
L1 Cache
64 K per core
6 MB
L2 Cache
256 K per core
16 MB
L3 Cache
9 MB shared
Yes
Unlocked Multiplier
No
1
SMP
-
Memory Parameters
DDR5-5200
Memory Types
DDR4-2666
256 GB
Max Memory Size
128 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
2
83.2 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
41.6 GB/s
Yes
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
800 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
350 MHz
2800 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1050 MHz
512
Shader Units
192
32
Texture Units
24
16
Raster Operation Units
3
8
Execution Units
24
15
Power Consumption
15 W
-
Max Resolution
4096x2304 - 60 Hz
2.87 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
0.38 TFLOPS
AI Accelerator
AMD Ryzen™ AI
NPU
-
16 TOPS
Theoretical performance
-
Miscellaneous
4.0
PCIe Version
3.0
20
PCIe Lanes
16
-
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
