Intel Core i5-9400F vs AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS

Core i5-9400F vs Ryzen 9 8945HS benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 8945HS 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 8945HS has slightly more cores than the Core i5-9400F. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 8945HS has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-9400F. It also has more threads than the Core i5-9400F. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 8945HS has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-9400F. Also, the Ryzen 9 8945HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 8945HS 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 cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 8945HS has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-9400F. The Ryzen 9 8945HS 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.