AMD Ryzen 5 8400F vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 8400F with 6 cores 4.2GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT with 6 cores 3.8GHz . 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 3 years and 9 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR5-5200 vs DDR4-3200)

Larger memory bandwidth (83.2GB/s vs 47.68GB/s)

Higher base frequency (4.2GHz vs 3.8GHz)

Lower TDP (65W vs 95W)

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT 's Advantages

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 4)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 16MB)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 8400F +27%

1691

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

1324

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 8400F +36%

13361

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

9770

AMD Ryzen 5 8400F

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AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

General Parameters

Apr 2024

Release Date

Jul 2020

AMD

Manufacturer

Amd

Desktop

Type

Desktop

-

Instruction Set

x86-64

Phoenix

Core Architecture

Zen 2 (Matisse)

AMD Socket AM5

Socket

AM4

N/A

Integrated Graphics

No

Ryzen 5 (Zen 4 (Phoenix))

Generation

-

Package

25 billions

Transistor Count

3.8 billions

4 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

AMD Socket AM5

Socket

AM4

65 W

Power Consumption

95 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

95°C

TSMC

Foundry

-

178 mm²

Die Size

-

FC-LGA1718

Package

-

CPU Performance

-

Performance Cores

6

-

Performance Core Threads

12

4.2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.8 GHz

4.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.5 GHz

6

Total Core Count

6

12

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

42.0

Multiplier

36x

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

16 MB

L3 Cache

32 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

1

SMP

-

Memory Parameters

DDR5-5200

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

256 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

83.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

47.68 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 8400F

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

4

PCIe Version

4.0

20

PCIe Lanes

16

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