AMD Ryzen 5 1600X vs Intel Core i5-9400

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel 9th Generation Core i5 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i5-9400

Price

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$ 97.99

$ 41.01 significantly less expensive

$ 139.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4307 points

14% slightly better overall score

3754 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5864 points

6091 points

3% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3810 points

25% slightly better multitasking score

3034 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3690 points

26% slightly better heavy workload score

2911 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3469 points

5065 points

46% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

104.40 points

32% slightly higher Blender score

78.76 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4930 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

4782 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1138 points

1342 points

17% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4754 points

4811 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1136 points

1393 points

22% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

24% slightly higher clock speed

2.9 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz

4.1 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

65 W

46% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

576 KiB

49% significantly more L1 cache

384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB

100% significantly more L2 cache

1.5 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB

77% significantly more L3 cache

9 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

409th of 1,089

455th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

9th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November

2019 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 5 1600X vs Core i5-9400 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 1600X is faster than the Core i5-9400. Despite this, the Core i5-9400 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen 5 1600X has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 1600X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-9400. The Core i5-9400 outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 1600X thanks to a 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 5 1600X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-9400. The Ryzen 5 1600X 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 1600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.