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Intel Core i5 10400F vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

34 out of 100
Intel Core i5 10400F
VS
48 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
Intel Core i5 10400F
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

We compared two 6-core desktop CPUs: the 2.9 GHz Intel Core i5 10400F against the 3.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 5600X. 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
48.0
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 5600X and 10400F
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
  • Has 20 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 14 nanometers
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • 49% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2173 vs 1459 points
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
  • Around 9.6 GB/s (23%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Newer - released 5 months later
  • 7% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.6 GHz vs 4.3 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i5 10400F
vs
Ryzen 5 5600X

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 353 459
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 1994 2477
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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 5600X +49%
2173
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i5 10400F
6263
Ryzen 5 5600X +46%
9135
File compression 452.1 MB/sec 954.5 MB/sec
Clang compilation 50.3 Klines/sec 66.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 139.6 pages/sec 169 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 190.7 Mpixels/sec 245 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 151 pages/sec 213.5 pages/sec
Background blur 33.8 images/sec 47.2 images/sec
Photo processing 51.9 images/sec 68.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 10.3 Mpixels/sec 16 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 435 & 1003 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i5 10400F
2540
Ryzen 5 5600X +33%
3366
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i5 10400F
12095
Ryzen 5 5600X +80%
21824
Integer math 41.5 GOps/sec 70.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 26 GOps/sec 39.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 35M Primes/sec 135M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 23.2M Strings/sec 26.2M Strings/sec
Data encryption 4.1 GBytes/sec 15.7 GBytes/sec
Data compression 186 MBytes/sec 252.2 MBytes/sec
Physics 694 Frames/sec 1307 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 12.5B Matrices/sec 17B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 9127 & 35079 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i5 10400F
112
Ryzen 5 5600X +40%
156.48

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 140.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 186.1 PPW 335.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 1.72 PPW 2.41 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 5600X
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-20 (CTB)Cinebench 2026497 / 2892
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-17 (dolip)Cinebench 2026459 / 2477
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-07 (Skull)Cinebench 202493 / 592
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-24 (Suhail Alharbi)GeekBench2174 / 9054
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-24 (Suhail Alharbi)Cinebench 202490 / 583
Add View all (20)

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 10400F and AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released May 1, 2020 October 8, 2020
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Comet Lake Zen 3 (Vermeer)
Model number i5-10400F -
Integrated GPU No No
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 3600 - Intel Core i5 11600K
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 225F - AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#124th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 12 12
Base Frequency (P) 2.9 GHz 3.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.3 GHz 4.6 GHz
Total
Total Cores 6 6
Total Threads 12 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 29x 37x
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

Fabrication Process 14 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 65 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) - 88 W
Socket LGA-1200 AM4
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 95Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (162nd and 119th 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 51.2 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 10400F official page AMD Ryzen 5 5600X official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 20

Cast your vote

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64 (19.3%)
267 (80.7%)
Total votes: 331

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Comments

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