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Intel Core i5 10400F vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500

34 out of 100
Intel Core i5 10400F
VS
44 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
Intel Core i5 10400F
AMD Ryzen 5 5500

We compared two 6-core desktop CPUs: the 2.9 GHz Intel Core i5 10400F against the 3.6 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 5500. 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

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
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
34.3
(Mediocre)
Value Index
123.4
(Excellent)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 5500 and 10400F
Advantages of Intel Core i5 10400F
  • More than 10Β° C higher critical temperature
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.3 GHz vs 4.2 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5500
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 14 nanometers
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Newer - released 1 year and 10 months later
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
  • 34% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 1961 vs 1459 points
  • Around 6.08 GB/s (15%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i5 10400F
vs
Ryzen 5 5500

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 353 424
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 1994 2421
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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
1459
Ryzen 5 5500 +34%
1961
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i5 10400F
6263
Ryzen 5 5500 +31%
8220
File compression 452.1 MB/sec 819.4 MB/sec
Clang compilation 50.3 Klines/sec 61.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 139.6 pages/sec 147.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 190.7 Mpixels/sec 233.2 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 151 pages/sec 191.9 pages/sec
Background blur 33.8 images/sec 40.4 images/sec
Photo processing 51.9 images/sec 61.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 10.3 Mpixels/sec 15.4 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 435 & 907 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i5 10400F
2540
Ryzen 5 5500 +21%
3061
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i5 10400F
12095
Ryzen 5 5500 +59%
19247
Integer math 41.5 GOps/sec 64.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 26 GOps/sec 36.8 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 35M Primes/sec 55M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 23.2M Strings/sec 24.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 4.1 GBytes/sec 14.8 GBytes/sec
Data compression 186 MBytes/sec 245.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 694 Frames/sec 881 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 12.5B Matrices/sec 17.3B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 9127 & 15772 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i5 10400F
112
Ryzen 5 5500 +28%
143.63

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 6.7 PPW 9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 96.4 PPW 126.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 186.1 PPW 296.1 PPW
Blender / Watt 1.72 PPW 2.21 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i5 10400F
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-30 (Semant)Cinebench 2026353 / 1994
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-05 (Manav Sehgal)Cinebench 2026351 / 1884
πŸ“˜ 2025-09-11 (KingdomGaming)Cinebench 202464 / 438
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AMD Ryzen 5 5500
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-10 (leosangester)Cinebench 2024429 / 2105
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-04 (Aideau)Cinebench 2026424 / 2421
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-21 -> sububurbiabomb22Geekbench 6 CPU2028 / 8385
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-21 -> sububurbiabomb22Cinebench 202488 / 627
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-21 -> sububurbiabomb22Geekbench 6 CPU1972 / 8289
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 10400F and AMD Ryzen 5 5500

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released May 1, 2020 March 15, 2022
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Comet Lake Zen 3 (Cezanne)
Model number i5-10400F -
Integrated GPU No No
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 3600 - Intel Core i5 11400
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 225F - AMD Ryzen 5 9500F
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#143rd place)

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) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Fabrication Process 14 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 65 W
Socket LGA-1200 AM4
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 90Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (162nd and 131st place)

Memory Support

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

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 10400F official page AMD Ryzen 5 5500 official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 24

Cast your vote

Choose between two processors
34 (8.6%)
363 (91.4%)
Total votes: 397

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Comments

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