Intel Core i5-9400 vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X

Compare Intel 9th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO Desktop 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3754 points
4% slightly better overall score
3588 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6091 points
9% slightly better gaming score
5548 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3034 points
2% slightly better multitasking score
2965 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2911 points
0.97% slightly better heavy workload score
2883 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

78.76 points
137.16 points
74% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4782 points
6064 points
26% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1342 points
48% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
903 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4811 points
5310 points
10% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1393 points
30% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1071 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

6
16
166% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.9 GHz
3.4 GHz
17% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz
7% slightly higher turbo speed
3.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
46% significantly lower TDP
95 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
768 KiB
100% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1.5 MiB
4 MiB
166% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

9 MiB
16 MiB
77% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

455th of 1,089
476th of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 7 PRO Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 February
2017 June

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i5-9400 vs Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-9400 beats the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i5-9400 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-9400. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-9400. Despite this, the Core i5-9400 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-9400 CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X CPU because of its 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 7 PRO 1700X has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-9400. The Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X also has significantly 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. For instance, the Core i5-9400 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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