Intel Core i5-10400F vs AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX

Core i5-10400F vs Ryzen 9 5980HX specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-10400F performs better than the Ryzen 9 5980HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 5980HX in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 5980HX has slightly more cores than the Core i5-10400F. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5980HX has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-10400F. It also has more threads than the Core i5-10400F. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5980HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-10400F. Also, the Ryzen 9 5980HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 5980HX outputs less heat than Core i5-10400F thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5980HX has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-10400F. The Ryzen 9 5980HX also has slightly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-10400F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.