Intel Core i9 10980XE vs AMD Ryzen 5 8400F

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We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core i9 10980XE with 18 cores 3.0GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 8400F with 6 cores 4.2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Core i9 10980XE 's Advantages

Larger memory bandwidth (93.8GB/s vs 83.2GB/s)

Larger L3 cache size (25MB vs 16MB)

AMD Ryzen 5 8400F 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 6 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR5-5200 vs DDR4-2933)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (4.2GHz vs 3.0GHz)

Lower TDP (65W vs 165W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Intel Core i9 10980XE

1067

AMD Ryzen 5 8400F +58%

1691

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Intel Core i9 10980XE +60%

21450

AMD Ryzen 5 8400F

13361

Intel Core i9 10980XE

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AMD Ryzen 5 8400F

General Parameters

Oct 2019

Release Date

Apr 2024

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

-

Cascade Lake

Core Architecture

Phoenix

i9-10980XE

Processor Number

-

LGA-2066

Socket

AMD Socket AM5

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

-

Generation

Ryzen 5 (Zen 4 (Phoenix))

Package

-

Transistor Count

25 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

4 nm

LGA-2066

Socket

AMD Socket AM5

165 W

Power Consumption

65 W

86 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

178 mm²

-

Package

FC-LGA1718

CPU Performance

18

Performance Cores

-

36

Performance Core Threads

-

3.0 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

4.2 GHz

4.6 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.7 GHz

18

Total Core Count

6

36

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

30x

Multiplier

42.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

25 MB shared

L3 Cache

16 MB

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

-

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2933

Memory Types

DDR5-5200

256 GB

Max Memory Size

256 GB

4

Max Memory Channels

2

93.8 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

83.2 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i9 10980XE

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 5 8400F

3.0

PCIe Version

4

48

PCIe Lanes

20

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512

Extended Instruction Set

-

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