Intel Core i5-9400F vs AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D

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

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Price

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$ 119.99
$ 279.62 significantly less expensive
$ 399.61

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3881 points
7335 points
88% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6224 points
8938 points
43% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3150 points
6797 points
115% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3023 points
6646 points
119% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3757 points
7297 points
94% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

77.09 points
209.61 points
171% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4804 points
10897 points
126% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1342 points
2052 points
52% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4944 points
11047 points
123% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1407 points
2117 points
50% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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
3.40 GHz
17% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz
4.5 GHz
9% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
61% significantly lower TDP
105 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
512 KiB
33% slightly 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
96 MiB
966% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

444th of 1,089
172nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 7 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 February
2022 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i5-9400F vs Ryzen 7 5800X3D specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 5800X3D is faster than the Core i5-9400F. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-9400F in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 5800X3D has slightly more cores than the Core i5-9400F. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5800X3D has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-9400F. It also has more threads than the Core i5-9400F. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 5800X3D has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-9400F. Also, the Ryzen 7 5800X3D has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-9400F CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 7 5800X3D CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 5800X3D has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-9400F. The Ryzen 7 5800X3D also has significantly more L3 cache.

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.

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