AMD Ryzen 5 2400G vs Intel Core i5-8400

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Combined performance score

i5-8400
6.01
+5.6%

Core i5-8400 outperforms Ryzen 5 2400G by 6% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Core i5-8400 and Ryzen 5 2400G processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking9961028
Place by popularity67not in top-100
Value for money6.267.29
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Core i5AMD Ryzen 5
Architecture codenameCoffee Lake-S (2017−2018)Raven Ridge (2017−2018)
Release date5 October 2017 (6 years old)12 February 2018 (6 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$182$169
Current price$254 (1.4x MSRP)$236 (1.4x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Ryzen 5 2400G has 16% better value for money than i5-8400.

Technical specs

Core i5-8400 and Ryzen 5 2400G 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads68
Base clock speed2.8 GHz3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed4 GHz3.9 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)128K (per core)
L2 cache256K (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache9 MB (shared)4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size149 mm2210 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data4,950 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-
Unlocked multiplierNoYes

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-8400 and Ryzen 5 2400G 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCLGA1151AM4
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-8400 and Ryzen 5 2400G. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI++
FMAno data+
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
TSX-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+no data
SIPP-no data
StatusDiscontinuedno data

Security technologies

Core i5-8400 and Ryzen 5 2400G technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
MPX+no data
Identity Protection+no data
SGXYes with Intel® MEno data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-8400 and Ryzen 5 2400G 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 Core i5-8400 and Ryzen 5 2400G. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR4DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size128 GB64 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth41.6 GB/s46.933 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel UHD Graphics 630AMD Radeon RX Vega 11
Max video memory64 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+no data
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency1.05 GHzno data
InTru 3D+no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i5-8400 and Ryzen 5 2400G integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i5-8400 and Ryzen 5 2400G integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2304@24Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP4096x2304@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2304@60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i5-8400 and Ryzen 5 2400G integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.5no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-8400 and Ryzen 5 2400G.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes1612

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

i5-8400 6.01
+5.6%
Ryzen 5 2400G 5.69

Core i5-8400 outperforms Ryzen 5 2400G by 6% in our combined benchmark results.


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%

i5-8400 9238
+5.8%
Ryzen 5 2400G 8734

Core i5-8400 outperforms Ryzen 5 2400G by 6% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

i5-8400 1354
+28.1%
Ryzen 5 2400G 1057

Core i5-8400 outperforms Ryzen 5 2400G by 28% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

i5-8400 4755
+44.4%
Ryzen 5 2400G 3294

Core i5-8400 outperforms Ryzen 5 2400G by 44% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

i5-8400 6364
+32.4%
Ryzen 5 2400G 4805

Core i5-8400 outperforms Ryzen 5 2400G by 32% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

i5-8400 30790
+46.4%
Ryzen 5 2400G 21024

Core i5-8400 outperforms Ryzen 5 2400G by 46% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

i5-8400 9474
+42%
Ryzen 5 2400G 6672

Core i5-8400 outperforms Ryzen 5 2400G by 42% in 3DMark06 CPU.

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

i5-8400 6.2
+11.3%
Ryzen 5 2400G 6.9

Ryzen 5 2400G outperforms Core i5-8400 by 11% in wPrime 32.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

i5-8400 11
+16.2%
Ryzen 5 2400G 9

Core i5-8400 outperforms Ryzen 5 2400G by 16% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

i5-8400 941
+11.2%
Ryzen 5 2400G 847

Core i5-8400 outperforms Ryzen 5 2400G by 11% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

i5-8400 170
+8.9%
Ryzen 5 2400G 156

Core i5-8400 outperforms Ryzen 5 2400G by 9% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

i5-8400 1.9
+7.3%
Ryzen 5 2400G 1.77

Core i5-8400 outperforms Ryzen 5 2400G by 7% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i5-8400 5
Ryzen 5 2400G 5.2
+4%

Ryzen 5 2400G outperforms Core i5-8400 by 4% in TrueCrypt AES.

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i5-8400 5173
+34.5%
Ryzen 5 2400G 3846

Core i5-8400 outperforms Ryzen 5 2400G by 35% in WinRAR 4.0.

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i5-8400 224
+30.4%
Ryzen 5 2400G 172

Core i5-8400 outperforms Ryzen 5 2400G by 30% in x264 encoding pass 1.

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i5-8400 61
+28.1%
Ryzen 5 2400G 48

Core i5-8400 outperforms Ryzen 5 2400G by 28% in x264 encoding pass 2.

Geekbench 4.0 64-bit multi-core

Benchmark coverage: 2%

i5-8400 19500
+47.6%
Ryzen 5 2400G 13211

Core i5-8400 outperforms Ryzen 5 2400G by 48% in Geekbench 4.0 64-bit multi-core.

Geekbench 4.0 64-bit single-core

Benchmark coverage: 2%

i5-8400 4996
+18.2%
Ryzen 5 2400G 4226

Core i5-8400 outperforms Ryzen 5 2400G by 18% in Geekbench 4.0 64-bit single-core.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 6.01 5.69
Integrated graphics card 3.08 5.47
Recency 5 October 2017 12 February 2018
Physical cores 6 4
Threads 6 8
Cost $182 $169

We couldn't decide between Core i5-8400 and Ryzen 5 2400G. The differences in performance seem too small.


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