Ryzen 5 1500X vs Core i5-9400 comparison
In our benchmarks, the Core i5-9400 beats the Ryzen 5 1500X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 1500X in all gaming tests too.
When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-9400 has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 1500X that has 4 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 1500X has more threads than the Core i5-9400. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 1500X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-9400. Despite this, the Core i5-9400 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. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 1500X has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-9400. The Ryzen 5 1500X 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. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 1500X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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