Intel Core i9-10900 vs AMD Ryzen 5 8400F

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i9 10 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 390.77
$ 165.69
$ 225.08 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7582 points
7722 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8692 points
10390 points
19% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7207 points
5% slightly better multitasking score
6857 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7099 points
7% slightly better heavy workload score
6632 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

12127 points
97% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
6145 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

164.66 points
179.45 points
8% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
66% significantly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
66% significantly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.8 GHz
4.2 GHz
49% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.2 GHz
10% slightly higher turbo speed
4.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
Identical
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2.5 MiB
6 MiB
139% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

20 MiB
25% slightly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

166th of 1,096
161st of 1,096

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i9
Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2024 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933
DDR5

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 i9-10900 vs Ryzen 5 8400F specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 8400F is faster than the Core i9-10900. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-10900 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-10900 has significantly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 8400F that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 8400F. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 8400F has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-10900. Despite this, the Core i9-10900 has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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 5 8400F has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i9-10900. Despite this, the Core i9-10900 has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 8400F.

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. Indeed, the Core i9-10900 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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