AMD Ryzen 5 3600 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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$ 67.00

$ 72.00 significantly less expensive

$ 139.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4980 points

32% slightly better overall score

3754 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6742 points

10% slightly better gaming score

6091 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4418 points

45% significantly better multitasking score

3034 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4279 points

46% significantly better heavy workload score

2911 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4635 points

5065 points

9% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

133.67 points

69% significantly higher Blender score

78.76 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6809 points

42% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

4782 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1560 points

16% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1342 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6899 points

43% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

4811 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1613 points

15% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1393 points

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

4.2 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

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

32 MiB

255% significantly more L3 cache

9 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

352nd 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

2019 July

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 3600 vs Core i5-9400 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 3600 performs better than the Core i5-9400. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-9400 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Ryzen 5 3600 has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 3600 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-9400. Also, the Ryzen 5 3600 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 3600 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-9400. The Ryzen 5 3600 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. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.