AMD Ryzen 9 5900 vs AMD Ryzen 5 8400F

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AMD Ryzen 9 5900

AMD Ryzen 5 8400F

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 5900 with 12 cores 3.0GHz 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 9 5900 's Advantages

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 16MB)

AMD Ryzen 5 8400F 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 4 months late

Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 3200)

Larger memory bandwidth (83.2GB/s vs 51.2GB/s)

Higher base frequency (4.2GHz vs 3.0GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 7nm)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900

1584

AMD Ryzen 5 8400F +6%

1691

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900 +56%

20887

AMD Ryzen 5 8400F

13361

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900

2080

AMD Ryzen 5 8400F +20%

2500

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900

9774

AMD Ryzen 5 8400F +10%

10760

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900

3447

AMD Ryzen 5 8400F +3%

3553

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900 +49%

34510

AMD Ryzen 5 8400F

23127

AMD Ryzen 9 5900

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AMD Ryzen 5 8400F

General Parameters

Jan 2021

Release Date

May 2024

AMD

Manufacturer

Amd

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Vermeer

Core Architecture

Zen 4 (Phoenix)

AM4

Socket

AM5

N/A

Integrated Graphics

No

-

Generation

Ryzen 5 (Zen 4 (Phoenix))

Package

-

Transistor Count

25 billions

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

4 nm

65 W

Power Consumption

45-65 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

95 °C

-

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

178 mm²

CPU Performance

12

Performance Cores

6

24

Performance Core Threads

12

3.0 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

4.2 GHz

4.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.7 GHz

12

Total Core Count

6

24

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

30x

Multiplier

42

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

32 MB shared

L3 Cache

16 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

-

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR5-5200

128 GB

Max Memory Size

256 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

51.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

83.2 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 9 5900

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 5 8400F

4.0

PCIe Version

4.0

20

PCIe Lanes

20

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