AMD Ryzen 3 2300X vs Intel Core i5 9400F

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AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

Intel Core i5 9400F

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 3 2300X with 4 cores 3.5GHz and Intel Core i5 9400F with 6 cores 2.9GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (2933 vs 2666)

Larger memory bandwidth (43.71GB/s vs 41.6GB/s)

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 2.9GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (12nm vs 14nm)

Intel Core i5 9400F 's Advantages

Larger L3 cache size (9MB vs 4MB)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

1201

Intel Core i5 9400F +16%

1396

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

3337

Intel Core i5 9400F +54%

5142

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

1035

Intel Core i5 9400F +3%

1067

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

3439

Intel Core i5 9400F +39%

4806

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

2364

Intel Core i5 9400F +3%

2453

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

7577

Intel Core i5 9400F +25%

9511

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

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Intel Core i5 9400F

General Parameters

Sep 2018

Release Date

Jan 2019

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen+

Core Architecture

Coffee Lake

-

Processor Number

i5-9400F

AM4

Socket

LGA-1151

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

12 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

65 W

Power Consumption

65 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

6

4

Performance Core Threads

6

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.9 GHz

4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.1 GHz

4

Total Core Count

6

4

Total Thread Count

6

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

35x

Multiplier

29x

128 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

4 MB shared

L3 Cache

9 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2933

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

64 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

43.71 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

41.6 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

Official Website

Intel Core i5 9400F

3.0

PCIe Version

3.0

20

PCIe Lanes

16

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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