AMD Ryzen 5 3500U vs Intel Core i5-9400F

Ryzen 5 3500U vs Core i5-9400F benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-9400F performs better than the Ryzen 5 3500U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 3500U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-9400F has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 3500U. Indeed, the Core i5-9400F has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen 5 3500U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 3500U has more threads than the Core i5-9400F. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-9400F has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 3500U. Also, the Core i5-9400F has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 3500U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-9400F CPU because of its 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 3500U has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-9400F. Despite this, the Core i5-9400F has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 3500U.

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. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3500U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.