AMD Ryzen 5 8400F vs. Intel Core i5 14400F: 230+ Benchmarks For Sub-$200 CPU Performance

Written by Michael Larabel in Processors on 16 May 2024 at 06:36 PM EDT. Page 8 of 12. 15 Comments.
NAMD benchmark with settings of Input: ATPase with 327,506 Atoms. Ryzen 5 8400F was the fastest.
NAMD benchmark with settings of Input: ATPase with 327,506 Atoms. Ryzen 5 8400F was the fastest.
NAMD benchmark with settings of Input: ATPase with 327,506 Atoms. Ryzen 5 8400F was the fastest.
NAMD benchmark with settings of Input: STMV with 1,066,628 Atoms. Ryzen 5 8400F was the fastest.
NAMD benchmark with settings of Input: STMV with 1,066,628 Atoms. Ryzen 5 8400F was the fastest.
NAMD benchmark with settings of Input: STMV with 1,066,628 Atoms. Ryzen 5 8400F was the fastest.

Not that sub-$200 CPUs are typically used for much in the way of HPC workloads, the Ryzen 5 8400F was the easy winner here in workloads like NAMD performing much better thanks to AVX-512.

OpenRadioss benchmark with settings of Model: Bird Strike on Windshield. Ryzen 5 8400F was the fastest.
OpenRadioss benchmark with settings of Model: Rubber O-Ring Seal Installation. Ryzen 5 8400F was the fastest.
OpenRadioss benchmark with settings of Model: Cell Phone Drop Test. Ryzen 5 8400F was the fastest.
OpenRadioss benchmark with settings of Model: INIVOL and Fluid Structure Interaction Drop Container. Ryzen 5 8400F was the fastest.

In other HPC workloads like OpenRadioss, the Ryzen 5 8400F continued packing the greater punch.

Xcompact3d Incompact3d benchmark with settings of Input: input.i3d 129 Cells Per Direction. Core i5 14400F was the fastest.
Xcompact3d Incompact3d benchmark with settings of Input: input.i3d 129 Cells Per Direction. Core i5 14400F was the fastest.
OpenFOAM benchmark with settings of Input: drivaerFastback, Small Mesh Size, Mesh Time. Ryzen 5 8400F was the fastest.
OpenFOAM benchmark with settings of Input: drivaerFastback, Small Mesh Size, Execution Time. Core i5 14400F was the fastest.
OpenFOAM benchmark with settings of Input: drivaerFastback, Small Mesh Size, Execution Time. Core i5 14400F was the fastest.

In some HPC workloads the higher thread/core count was an advantage with the Core i5 14400F, but for those HPC workloads the CPU power consumption was much higher than the Ryzen 5 8400F.

SPECFEM3D benchmark with settings of Model: Water-layered Halfspace. Ryzen 5 8400F was the fastest.
SPECFEM3D benchmark with settings of Model: Homogeneous Halfspace. Ryzen 5 8400F was the fastest.
SPECFEM3D benchmark with settings of Model: Mount St. Helens. Ryzen 5 8400F was the fastest.
SPECFEM3D benchmark with settings of Model: Tomographic Model. Ryzen 5 8400F was the fastest.
SPECFEM3D benchmark with settings of Model: Tomographic Model. Ryzen 5 8400F was the fastest.

The Ryzen 5 8400F continued running great across the various HPC-related workloads tested.

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