AMD Ryzen 7 1700X vs AMD Ryzen 5 8400F

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 7 1700X with 8 cores 3.4GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 8400F with 6 cores 4.2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 8400F 's Advantages

Released 7 years and 1 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR5-5200 vs DDR4-2666)

Larger memory bandwidth (83.2GB/s vs 39.74GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (4.2GHz vs 3.4GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (65W vs 95W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

971

AMD Ryzen 5 8400F +74%

1691

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

8737

AMD Ryzen 5 8400F +52%

13361

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

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AMD Ryzen 5 8400F

General Parameters

Mar 2017

Release Date

Apr 2024

AMD

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

-

Zen

Core Architecture

Phoenix

AM4

Socket

AMD Socket AM5

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

-

Generation

Ryzen 5 (Zen 4 (Phoenix))

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

25 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

4 nm

AM4

Socket

AMD Socket AM5

95 W

Power Consumption

65 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

178 mm²

-

Package

FC-LGA1718

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

-

16

Performance Core Threads

-

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

4.2 GHz

3.8 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.7 GHz

8

Total Core Count

6

16

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

34x

Multiplier

42.0

96 K per core

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

16 MB shared

L3 Cache

16 MB

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

-

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2666

Memory Types

DDR5-5200

64 GB

Max Memory Size

256 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

39.74 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

83.2 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 5 8400F

3.0

PCIe Version

4

20

PCIe Lanes

20

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