Ryzen 5 8400F vs Athlon 64 X2 4600+

#ad 
Buy on Amazon
VS

Primary details

Comparing Athlon 64 X2 4600+ and Ryzen 5 8400F processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance rankingnot rated400
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data67.64
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Series2x Athlon 64 (Desktop)no data
Architecture codenameWindsor (2006−2009)Phoenix
Release dateno data1 April 2024 (less than a year ago)
Current price$50 $190

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

no data

Detailed specifications

Athlon 64 X2 4600+ 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 cores2 (Dual-core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads212
Base clock speedno data4.2 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz4.7 GHz
Bus support1000 MHzno data
L1 cacheno data64 KB (per core)
L2 cacheno data1 MB (per core)
L3 cacheno data16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography90 nm4 nm
Die sizeno data178 mm2
Number of transistorsno data25,000 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data
Unlocked multiplierNoYes

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 64 X2 4600+ 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 configurationno data1
Socketno dataAM5
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 64 X2 4600+ and Ryzen 5 8400F. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NIno data+
AVXno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 64 X2 4600+ and Ryzen 5 8400F are enumerated here.

AMD-Vno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 64 X2 4600+ and Ryzen 5 8400F. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 64 X2 4600+ and Ryzen 5 8400F.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Athlon 64 X2 4600+ 720
Ryzen 5 8400F 24584
+3314%

Ryzen 5 8400F outperforms Athlon 64 X2 4600+ by 3314% in Passmark.

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 6
Threads 2 12
Chip lithography 90 nm 4 nm

We couldn't decide between Athlon 64 X2 4600+ and Ryzen 5 8400F. We've got no test results to judge.


Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon 64 X2 4600+ and Ryzen 5 8400F, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite CPU.


AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+
Athlon 64 X2 4600+
AMD Ryzen 5 8400F
Ryzen 5 8400F

Similar processor comparisons

We picked several similar comparisons of processors in the same market segment and performance relatively close to those reviewed on this page.

Community ratings

Here you can see how users rate the processors, as well as rate them yourself.


3.3 101 vote

Rate Athlon 64 X2 4600 on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
2.7 37 votes

Rate Ryzen 5 8400F on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions & comments

Here you can ask a question about Athlon 64 X2 4600+ or Ryzen 5 8400F, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.