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

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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7869 points
174% significantly better overall score
2871 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9478 points
101% significantly better gaming score
4694 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7328 points
216% significantly better multitasking score
2315 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7169 points
223% significantly better heavy workload score
2214 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

213.11 points
246% significantly higher Blender score
61.59 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10211 points
155% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3990 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2193 points
90% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1154 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
111% significantly higher clock speed
1.8 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
38% slightly higher turbo speed
3.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W
35 W
200% 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
556th 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 May

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 i5-9400T benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 5800X beats the Core i5-9400T in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-9400T in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 5800X has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i5-9400T has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-9400T. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 5800X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-9400T. Also, the Ryzen 7 5800X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-9400T 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 info from our database shows that the Ryzen 7 5800X has more L2 cache than the Core i5-9400T. The Ryzen 7 5800X also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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