Intel Core i5-9400F vs AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

Core i5-9400F vs Ryzen 9 7950X specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 7950X beats the Core i5-9400F in overall performance. 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 9 7950X has significantly more cores than the Core i5-9400F. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7950X has 16 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-9400F. It also has more threads than the Core i5-9400F. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 7950X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-9400F. Also, the Ryzen 9 7950X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-9400F CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 9 7950X 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 9 7950X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-9400F. The Ryzen 9 7950X 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 i5-9400F has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.