Intel Core i5 9400 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

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Intel Core i5 9400

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core i5 9400 with 6 cores 2.9GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT with 6 cores 3.8GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Core i5 9400 's Advantages

Integrated graphics card

Lower TDP (65W vs 95W)

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 6 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 2666)

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

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.8GHz vs 2.9GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 9MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i5 9400

1102

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT +60%

1767

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i5 9400

2309

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT +227%

7554

Blender

Intel Core i5 9400

84

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT +73%

146

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Intel Core i5 9400

1048

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT +27%

1339

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Intel Core i5 9400

4599

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT +64%

7577

Passmark CPU Single Core

Intel Core i5 9400

2457

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT +11%

2740

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Intel Core i5 9400

9431

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT +96%

18504

Intel Core i5 9400

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AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

General Parameters

Jan 2019

Release Date

Jul 2020

Intel

Manufacturer

Amd

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Coffee Lake

Core Architecture

Zen 2 (Matisse)

i5-9400

Processor Number

-

LGA-1151

Socket

AM4

UHD Graphics 630

Integrated Graphics

No

Package

-

Transistor Count

3.8 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

65 W

Power Consumption

95 W

100 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

95°C

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

6

Performance Core Threads

12

2.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.8 GHz

4.1 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.5 GHz

6

Total Core Count

6

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

29x

Multiplier

36x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

9 MB shared

L3 Cache

32 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2666

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

41.6 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

47.68 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

-

350 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

-

1050 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

-

192

Shader Units

-

24

Texture Units

-

3

Raster Operation Units

-

24

Execution Units

-

15 W

Power Consumption

-

4096x2304 - 60 Hz

Max Resolution

-

0.38 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

-

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i5 9400

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

3.0

PCIe Version

4.0

16

PCIe Lanes

16

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

Extended Instruction Set

-

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