AMD Ryzen 5 5500U vs Intel Core i5-9400F

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile 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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$ 844.78
$ 119.99
$ 724.79 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4357 points
12% slightly better overall score
3881 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6337 points
1% slightly better gaming score
6224 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3730 points
18% slightly better multitasking score
3150 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3577 points
18% slightly better heavy workload score
3023 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3688 points
3757 points
1% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

90.31 points
17% slightly higher Blender score
77.09 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4587 points
4804 points
4% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1288 points
1342 points
4% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4533 points
4944 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1297 points
1407 points
8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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

2.1 GHz
2.9 GHz
38% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz
4.1 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
333% significantly lower TDP
65 W

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

8 MiB
9 MiB
12% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

405th of 1,089
444th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Mobile
9th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 December
2019 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 5500U vs Core i5-9400F specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 5500U is faster than the Core i5-9400F. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-9400F in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen 5 5500U 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 5500U. A Ryzen 5 5500U 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 5500U 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 5500U.

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 5500U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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