AMD Ryzen 5 4600U vs Intel Core i5-9400F

Ryzen 5 4600U vs Core i5-9400F benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 4600U performs better than the Core i5-9400F. Despite this, the Core i5-9400F has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Ryzen 5 4600U has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-9400F has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 4600U. A Ryzen 5 4600U 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 4600U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-9400F. Despite this, the Core i5-9400F has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 4600U.

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 4600U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.