AMD Ryzen 7 1700X vs Intel Core i5 9400F

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 7 1700X with 8 cores 3.4GHz 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 7 1700X 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.4GHz vs 2.9GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (16MB vs 9MB)

Intel Core i5 9400F 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 10 months late

Larger memory bandwidth (41.6GB/s vs 39.74GB/s)

Lower TDP (65W vs 95W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

971

Intel Core i5 9400F +10%

1069

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X +47%

8737

Intel Core i5 9400F

5906

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

949

Intel Core i5 9400F +47%

1396

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

4457

Intel Core i5 9400F +15%

5142

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

937

Intel Core i5 9400F +13%

1067

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X +31%

6302

Intel Core i5 9400F

4806

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

2084

Intel Core i5 9400F +17%

2453

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X +63%

15538

Intel Core i5 9400F

9511

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

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Intel Core i5 9400F

General Parameters

Mar 2017

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

-

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

AM4

Socket

LGA-1151

95 W

Power Consumption

65 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

6

16

Performance Core Threads

6

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.9 GHz

3.8 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.1 GHz

8

Total Core Count

6

16

Total Thread Count

6

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

34x

Multiplier

29x

96 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

16 MB shared

L3 Cache

9 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2666

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

64 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

39.74 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

41.6 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

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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