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Intel Core i5 9400F vs AMD Ryzen 3 4100

32 out of 100
Intel Core i5 9400F
VS
34 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 3 4100
Intel Core i5 9400F
AMD Ryzen 3 4100

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 2.9 GHz Intel Core i5 9400F with 6-cores against the 3.8 GHz AMD Ryzen 3 4100 with 4-cores. 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
35.3
(Mediocre)
Value Index
74.6
(Good)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 4100 and 9400F
Advantages of Intel Core i5 9400F
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-2666 RAM
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.1 GHz vs 4 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 3 4100
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 14 nanometers
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Newer - released 3 years and 3 months later

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i5 9400F
vs
Ryzen 3 4100

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
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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 9400F
1474
Ryzen 3 4100 +4%
1539
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i5 9400F +5%
5302
Ryzen 3 4100
5056
File compression 449.4 MB/sec 434.4 MB/sec
Clang compilation 34.8 Klines/sec 32 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 127.6 pages/sec 105.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 141.6 Mpixels/sec 160.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 142.6 pages/sec 131.4 pages/sec
Background blur 31.4 images/sec 30.7 images/sec
Photo processing 63.4 images/sec 46.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 6.9 Mpixels/sec 8.4 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1011 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i5 9400F
2422
Ryzen 3 4100 +4%
2529
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i5 9400F
9463
Ryzen 3 4100 +16%
11017
Integer math 26.1 GOps/sec 32.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 22.5 GOps/sec 19.1 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 38M Primes/sec 23M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 16.2M Strings/sec 15.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 2.9 GBytes/sec 9.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 132.5 MBytes/sec 149.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 653 Frames/sec 555 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 11.7B Matrices/sec 9.9B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 8779 & 290 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i5 9400F
77.22
Ryzen 3 4100 +4%
80.44

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 5.5 PPW 5.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 81.6 PPW 77.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 145.6 PPW 169.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 1.19 PPW 1.24 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 9400F
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2025-08-23 (Will)Cinebench 202467 / 356
📘 2024-07-15 (SherifMagdy)Cinebench 202465 / 378
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AMD Ryzen 3 4100
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 9400F and AMD Ryzen 3 4100

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 7, 2019 April 4, 2022
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Coffee Lake Zen 2 (Renoir)
Model number i5-9400F -
Integrated GPU No No
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 3600 - Intel Core i3 10100F
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#171st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 4
P-Threads 6 8
Base Frequency (P) 2.9 GHz 3.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.1 GHz 4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 6 4
Total Threads 6 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 29x 38x
Bus Bandwidth 8 GT/s -
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 256K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 9MB (shared) 8MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Transistors - 9.8 billions
Fabrication Process 14 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 45-65 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) - 65 W
Socket LGA-1151 AM4
Peak Temperature 100°C 95°C
Desktop CPU ranking (175th and 161st place)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-2666 - DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 41.6 GB/s -
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 9400F official page -
PCI Express Version 3.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 8

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Comments

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