AMD Ryzen 9 5900 vs Intel Core i5 9400F

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AMD Ryzen 9 5900

Intel Core i5 9400F

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 5900 with 12 cores 3.0GHz 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 9 5900 's Advantages

Released 2 years late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 2666)

Larger memory bandwidth (51.2GB/s vs 41.6GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.0GHz vs 2.9GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 9MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900 +56%

1584

Intel Core i5 9400F

1014

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900 +274%

20887

Intel Core i5 9400F

5579

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900 +48%

2080

Intel Core i5 9400F

1396

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900 +90%

9774

Intel Core i5 9400F

5142

Blender

AMD Ryzen 9 5900 +235%

282

Intel Core i5 9400F

84

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900 +60%

1715

Intel Core i5 9400F

1067

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900 +170%

13017

Intel Core i5 9400F

4806

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900 +40%

3447

Intel Core i5 9400F

2453

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900 +262%

34510

Intel Core i5 9400F

9511

AMD Ryzen 9 5900

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Intel Core i5 9400F

General Parameters

Jan 2021

Release Date

Jan 2019

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Vermeer

Core Architecture

Coffee Lake

-

Processor Number

i5-9400F

AM4

Socket

LGA-1151

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

65 W

Power Consumption

65 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

12

Performance Cores

6

24

Performance Core Threads

6

3.0 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.9 GHz

4.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.1 GHz

12

Total Core Count

6

24

Total Thread Count

6

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

30x

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

51.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

41.6 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 9 5900

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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