AMD Ryzen 7 5800X vs Intel Core i5-9400F

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 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

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 219.80
$ 119.99
$ 99.81 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7869 points
102% significantly better overall score
3881 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9478 points
52% significantly better gaming score
6224 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7328 points
132% significantly better multitasking score
3150 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7169 points
137% significantly better heavy workload score
3023 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7634 points
103% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
3757 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

213.11 points
176% significantly higher Blender score
77.09 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10085 points
109% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
4804 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2119 points
57% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1342 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10211 points
106% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
4944 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2193 points
55% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1407 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
166% significantly more threads
6

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz
31% slightly higher clock speed
2.9 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
14% slightly higher turbo speed
4.1 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W
65 W
61% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
25% slightly more pcie lanes
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
Identical
128 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB
33% slightly more L1 cache
384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
166% 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

151st of 1,089
444th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop
9th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
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

Yes
No

Ryzen 7 5800X vs Core i5-9400F comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 5800X 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.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 5800X has slightly more cores than the Core i5-9400F. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5800X has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-9400F. It also has more threads than the Core i5-9400F. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 5800X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-9400F. Also, the Ryzen 7 5800X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-9400F outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 5800X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. 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 7 5800X has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-9400F. The Ryzen 7 5800X 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 7 5800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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