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Intel Core i5 10400F vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600

Intel Core i5 10400F
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AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Intel Core i5 10400F
AMD Ryzen 5 3600

We compared two 6-core desktop CPUs: the 2.9 GHz Intel Core i5 10400F against the 3.6 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 3600. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments (3)

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating
The "iGPU" and "Power Efficiency" have a minor impact on the NanoReview Score when comparing desktop CPUs.

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 3600 and 10400F
Advantages of Intel Core i5 10400F
  • Newer - released 10-months later
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.3 GHz vs 4.2 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 3600
  • Has 20480 KB larger L3 cache size
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 14 nanometers
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
  • Around 6.08 GB/s (15%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • 11% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 1690 vs 1522 points
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Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i5 10400F
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Ryzen 5 3600

Cinebench R23

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Core i5 10400F
1110
Ryzen 5 3600 +17%
1299
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Core i5 10400F
7660
Ryzen 5 3600 +25%
9574
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Core i5 10400F
1522
Ryzen 5 3600 +11%
1690
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i5 10400F
6273
Ryzen 5 3600 +15%
7213
File compression 451.9 MB/sec 646.6 MB/sec
Clang compilation 49.2 Klines/sec 60 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 142.4 pages/sec 146 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 203.2 Mpixels/sec 201.2 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 151.9 pages/sec 140.7 pages/sec
Background blur 34.2 images/sec 37.5 images/sec
Photo processing 54.9 images/sec 52.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 9.62 Mpixels/sec 12.9 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i5 10400F
12263
Ryzen 5 3600 +45%
17785
Integer math 41.8 GOps/sec 48.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math 26.1 GOps/sec 28.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 35M Primes/sec 107M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 23.5M Strings/sec 24M Strings/sec
Data encryption 4.2 GBytes/sec 14 GBytes/sec
Data compression 187.6 MBytes/sec 220.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 697 Frames/sec 1161 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 12.6B Matrices/sec 14.5B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4]

Value for money

Enter the current prices of the CPUs and click "Calculate" to determine which one has a better value-to-performance ratio.
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 10400F and AMD Ryzen 5 3600

General

Vendor Intel AMD
Released May 1, 2020 July 7, 2019
Type Desktop Desktop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Comet Lake Zen 2 (Matisse)
Model number i5-10400F -
Integrated GPU No No

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 12 12
Base Frequency (P) 2.9 GHz 3.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.3 GHz 4.2 GHz
Total
Total Cores 6 6
Total Threads 12 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 29x 36x
Bus Bandwidth 8 GT/s -
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 256K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Transistors - 3.8 billions
Fabrication process 14 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 65 W
Socket LGA-1200 AM4
Peak temperature 100°C 95°C

Memory Support

Memory types - DDR4-2666 - DDR4-3200
Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 41.6 GB/s 47.68 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official site Intel Core i5 10400F official page AMD Ryzen 5 3600 official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 16

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 or Intel Core i5 10400F?
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Andromeda 28 April 2021 08:59
If you just want gaming, you can go for intel because that performs overall 7 to 10% better in some games.And if you want editing, multitasking you have to go for amd because I suggest that
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palonko 05 March 2021 16:30
yeah, where i live (central europe) there is a 65 dollar price difference between the two, and the 3600 doesnt come with a cooler either for some reason, also the motherboards are roughly the same price here
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Ash Hilton 02 January 2021 18:05
I would naturally choose the intel core i5 10400f...not by any means because of its performance but rather its price.
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Shadowdead00 22 January 2021 13:17
What are you talking about, it is clearly shown that i5 10400f has low performance than ryzen 5 3600
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Lucky 31 January 2021 17:27
People buy i5 10400f only considering price difference about amd and intel but they don't that they have to pay extra price for the CPU cooler and mother board 🤦🤦plz check overall build cost and choose don't blindly see individual parts price and buy
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Aman 11 February 2021 01:35
Shadowdead00, Yes that's true no one can make it false statement
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Cytro 07 October 2021 11:21
Lucky, What if you already have the cooler
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Rathstar 09 December 2021 16:57
Cytro, In the UK (your local market may vary). The Intel CPU is cheaper and comes with a cooler that will keep it cool enough while gaming. Both have cheap motherboards but I would say the AMD boards are cheaper for the same quality (can't go wrong with some of the current prices for a B450 Tomahawk). Gaming scores are very close, so I would go with Intel. However, another consideration would be the 2700X, only just behind in single-core than these two but beats them for multi-core.
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