AMD Ryzen 5 3500 vs Intel Core i5-9400F

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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4057 points

4% slightly better overall score

3881 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6490 points

4% slightly better gaming score

6224 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3294 points

4% slightly better multitasking score

3150 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3162 points

4% slightly better heavy workload score

3023 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4797 points

27% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

3757 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.14 points

10% slightly higher Blender score

77.09 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5320 points

10% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

4804 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1456 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1342 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5422 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

4944 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1517 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1407 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

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

4.1 GHz

Identical

4.1 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

Identical

65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB

Identical

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

430th of 1,089

444th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

9th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

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 3500 vs Core i5-9400F comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 3500 is faster than the Core i5-9400F. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-9400F in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 3500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-9400F. 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 3500 has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-9400F. The Ryzen 5 3500 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 Ryzen 5 3500 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.