AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs Intel Core i5 9400F

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X with 6 cores 3.7GHz 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 5 5600X 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 9 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR4-2666)

Larger memory bandwidth (47.68GB/s vs 41.6GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 2.9GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 9MB)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X +44%

1550

Intel Core i5 9400F

1069

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X +95%

11567

Intel Core i5 9400F

5906

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X +55%

2173

Intel Core i5 9400F

1396

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X +77%

9138

Intel Core i5 9400F

5142

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X +54%

1644

Intel Core i5 9400F

1067

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X +83%

8821

Intel Core i5 9400F

4806

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X +37%

3361

Intel Core i5 9400F

2453

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X +130%

21921

Intel Core i5 9400F

9511

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

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Intel Core i5 9400F

General Parameters

Oct 2020

Release Date

Jan 2019

Amd

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 3 (Vermeer)

Core Architecture

Coffee Lake

-

Processor Number

i5-9400F

AM4

Socket

LGA-1151

No

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

AM4

Socket

LGA-1151

65 W

Power Consumption

65 W

95°C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

6

12

Performance Core Threads

6

3.7 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.9 GHz

4.6 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.1 GHz

6

Total Core Count

6

12

Total Thread Count

6

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

37x

Multiplier

29x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

32 MB shared

L3 Cache

9 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

47.68 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

41.6 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

Official Website

Intel Core i5 9400F

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

20

PCIe Lanes

16

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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