AMD Ryzen 5 3600 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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Price

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$ 67.00
$ 52.99 significantly less expensive
$ 119.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4980 points
28% slightly better overall score
3881 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6742 points
8% slightly better gaming score
6224 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4418 points
40% slightly better multitasking score
3150 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4279 points
41% slightly better heavy workload score
3023 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4635 points
23% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
3757 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

133.67 points
73% significantly higher Blender score
77.09 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6809 points
41% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
4804 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1560 points
16% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1342 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6899 points
39% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
4944 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1613 points
14% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1407 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
Identical
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
100% significantly more threads
6

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

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

32 MiB
255% significantly more L3 cache
9 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

352nd 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 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
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 3600 vs Core i5-9400F comparison

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

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen 5 3600 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-9400F. 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. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3600 has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-9400F. The Ryzen 5 3600 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 3600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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