AMD Ryzen 9 5900X vs Intel Core i5-9400F

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 12 core CPU vs Intel 9th Generation Core i5 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

CPU Comparison

Quickly search and compare processors

Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 269.00
$ 119.99
$ 149.01 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

9859 points
154% significantly better overall score
3881 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9924 points
59% significantly better gaming score
6224 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9836 points
212% significantly better multitasking score
3150 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9828 points
225% significantly better heavy workload score
3023 points

Free CPU Benchmark

Want to compare your processor against the Ryzen 9 5900X and the Core i5-9400F? Download our free and quick PC Performance Test.

Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

10192 points
171% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
3757 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

313.97 points
307% significantly higher Blender score
77.09 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11764 points
144% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
4804 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2141 points
59% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1342 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11794 points
138% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
4944 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2200 points
56% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1407 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
100% significantly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
300% significantly more threads
6

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz
27% slightly higher clock speed
2.9 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
17% 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

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

768 KiB
100% significantly more L1 cache
384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB
300% significantly more L2 cache
1.5 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB
611% significantly more L3 cache
9 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

95th of 1,089
445th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 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

-
No

Ryzen 9 5900X vs Core i5-9400F specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 5900X 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.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 9 5900X has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Core i5-9400F that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-9400F. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 5900X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-9400F. Also, the Ryzen 9 5900X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-9400F outputs less heat than Ryzen 9 5900X thanks to a 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 9 5900X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-9400F. The Ryzen 9 5900X 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 9 5900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

Comments

No comments yet! Be the first to leave a comment using the form below.

Keep comments on topic and be polite. Comments are subject to moderation before they are published.

Popular CPU Comparisons