Ryzen 5 8400F vs Pentium Gold 8500

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium Gold 8500 and Ryzen 5 8400F processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated467
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data61.38
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
Power efficiencyno data21.66
Architecture codenameno dataPhoenix (2023−2024)
Release date1 January 2022 (2 years ago)1 April 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$170

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold 8500 and Ryzen 5 8400F basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical coresno data6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads612
Base clock speedno data4.2 GHz
Boost clock speed4.4 GHz4.7 GHz
L1 cacheno data64 KB (per core)
L2 cacheno data1 MB (per core)
L3 cache8 MB Intel® Smart Cache16 MB (shared)
Chip lithographyIntel 7 nm4 nm
Die sizeno data178 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data25,000 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold 8500 and Ryzen 5 8400F compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11
SocketFCBGA1781AM5
Power consumption (TDP)29 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and Ryzen 5 8400F. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2no data
AES-NI++
AVX-+
Speed Shift+no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access-no data
Precision Boost 2no data+
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Pentium Gold 8500 and Ryzen 5 8400F technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and Ryzen 5 8400F are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and Ryzen 5 8400F. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesLPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267DDR5
Maximum memory size64 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® UHD Graphics for 12th Gen Intel® ProcessorsN/A
Quick Sync Video+-
Graphics max frequency800 MHzno data
Execution Units48no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold 8500 and Ryzen 5 8400F integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported4no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and Ryzen 5 8400F integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096 x 2304 @ 60Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP4096 x 2304 @ 120Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort7680 x 4320 @ 60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and Ryzen 5 8400F integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12.1no data
OpenGL4.6no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and Ryzen 5 8400F.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanes1420

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 January 2022 1 April 2024
Threads 6 12
Power consumption (TDP) 29 Watt 65 Watt

Pentium Gold 8500 has 124.1% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 5 8400F, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and 100% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Pentium Gold 8500 and Ryzen 5 8400F. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Pentium Gold 8500 is a notebook processor while Ryzen 5 8400F is a desktop one.


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