AMD Ryzen 5 3500 vs Intel Core i5-9400T

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
41% slightly better overall score
2871 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6490 points
38% slightly better gaming score
4694 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3294 points
42% slightly better multitasking score
2315 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3162 points
42% slightly better heavy workload score
2214 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.14 points
38% slightly higher Blender score
61.59 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5422 points
35% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3990 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1517 points
31% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1154 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
Identical
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

6
Identical
6

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
100% significantly higher clock speed
1.8 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz
20% slightly higher turbo speed
3.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
35 W
85% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

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
556th 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 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 3500 vs Core i5-9400T specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 3500 beats the Core i5-9400T in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-9400T in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 3500 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-9400T. The Core i5-9400T outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 3500 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. 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 i5-9400T. The Ryzen 5 3500 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. For instance, the Ryzen 5 3500 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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