AMD Ryzen 5 8400F vs AMD Ryzen 5 2500X
We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 8400F with 6 cores 4.2GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 2500X with 4 cores 3.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
AMD Ryzen 5 8400F Advantages
Released 5 years and 8 months late
Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 2933)
Larger memory bandwidth (83.2GB/s vs 43.71GB/s)
Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)
Higher base frequency (4.2GHz vs 3.6GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 12nm)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
AMD Ryzen 5 8400F
+102%
2500
AMD Ryzen 5 2500X
1234
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
AMD Ryzen 5 8400F
+152%
10760
AMD Ryzen 5 2500X
4269
Passmark CPU Single Core
AMD Ryzen 5 8400F
+53%
3553
AMD Ryzen 5 2500X
2313
Passmark CPU Multi Core
AMD Ryzen 5 8400F
+144%
23127
AMD Ryzen 5 2500X
9465
General Parameters
May 2024
Release Date
Sep 2018
Amd
Manufacturer
AMD
Desktop
Type
Desktop
x86-64
Instruction Set
x86-64
Zen 4 (Phoenix)
Core Architecture
Zen+
AM5
Socket
AM4
No
Integrated Graphics
N/A
Ryzen 5 (Zen 4 (Phoenix))
Generation
-
Package
25 billions
Transistor Count
4.8 billions
4 nm
Manufacturing Process
12 nm
45-65 W
Power Consumption
65 W
95 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
95 °C
TSMC
Foundry
-
178 mm²
Die Size
-
CPU Performance
6
Performance Cores
4
12
Performance Core Threads
8
4.2 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.6 GHz
4.7 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4 GHz
6
Total Core Count
4
12
Total Thread Count
8
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
42
Multiplier
36x
64 K per core
L1 Cache
96 K per core
1 MB per core
L2 Cache
512 K per core
16 MB shared
L3 Cache
16 MB shared
Yes
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
1
SMP
-
Memory Parameters
DDR5-5200
Memory Types
DDR4-2933
256 GB
Max Memory Size
64 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
2
83.2 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
43.71 GB/s
No
ECC Memory Support
Yes
