Intel Core i5-9400F vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500H

Compare Intel 9th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5000 Series 4 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

3881 points

1% slightly better overall score

3827 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6224 points

6332 points

1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3150 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

3095 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3023 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

2970 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

77.09 points

78.11 points

1% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4944 points

16% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

4230 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1407 points

1535 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.9 GHz

3.30 GHz

13% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz

4.2 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

45 W

44% significantly lower TDP

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1.5 MiB

2 MiB

33% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

9 MiB

12% slightly more L3 cache

8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

444th of 1,089

450th of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i5

Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 February

2023 June

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR4-3200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-9400F vs Ryzen 5 5500H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-9400F beats the Ryzen 5 5500H in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5500H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-9400F has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 5500H. Indeed, the Core i5-9400F has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen 5 5500H. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5500H has more threads than the Core i5-9400F. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 5500H has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-9400F. Also, the Ryzen 5 5500H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 5500H outputs less heat than Core i5-9400F thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 5500H has more L2 cache than the Core i5-9400F. Despite this, the Core i5-9400F has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 5500H.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. For instance, the Core i5-9400F has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.