AMD Ryzen 5 1400 vs Intel Core i5-6400

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 4 core CPU vs Intel 6th Generation Core i5 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 417.00
$ 99.99
$ 317.01 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2653 points
24% slightly better overall score
2127 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4214 points
6% slightly better gaming score
3959 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2184 points
35% slightly better multitasking score
1617 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2097 points
35% slightly better heavy workload score
1551 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3397 points
14% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
2971 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

52.99 points
32% slightly higher Blender score
39.92 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3185 points
8% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
2948 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

955 points
1079 points
12% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3133 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3046 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

962 points
1116 points
16% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
100% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz
18% slightly higher clock speed
2.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz
3% slightly higher turbo speed
3.3 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

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
49% significantly more L1 cache
256 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache
1 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache
6 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

601st of 1,089
699th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
6th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November
2015 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-1866

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 1400 vs Core i5-6400 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 1400 performs better than the Core i5-6400. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-6400 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen 5 1400 has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 1400 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-6400. Also, the Ryzen 5 1400 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 info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 1400 has more L2 cache than the Core i5-6400. The Ryzen 5 1400 also has slightly 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. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 1400 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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