Intel Core i5 9400F vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600
We compared two 6-core desktop CPUs: the 2.9 GHz Intel Core i5 9400F 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.
Review
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of electricity consumption
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating
Key Differences
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 3600
- Has 23 MB larger L3 cache size
- More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 14 nanometers
- Unlocked multiplier
- Newer - released 6-months later
- Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
- Around 6.08 GB/s (15%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- 10% faster in a single-core Geekbench v5 test - 1198 vs 1092 points
- 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.2 GHz vs 4.1 GHz)
Benchmarks
Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
Specifications
General
Vendor | Intel | AMD |
Released | January 7, 2019 | July 7, 2019 |
Launch price | 189 USD | 199 USD |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Codename | Coffee Lake | Zen 2 |
Model number | i5-9400F | - |
Socket | LGA-1151 | AM4 |
Integrated GPU | No | No |
Performance
Cores | 6 | 6 |
Threads | 6 | 12 |
Base Frequency | 2.9 GHz | 3.6 GHz |
Turbo Boost Frequency | 4.1 GHz | 4.2 GHz |
Bus frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
Multiplier | 29x | 36x |
Bus Bandwidth | 8 GT/s | - |
L1 Cache | 64K (per core) | 96K (per core) |
L2 Cache | 256K (per core) | 512K (per core) |
L3 Cache | 9MB (shared) | 32MB (shared) |
Unlocked Multiplier | No | Yes |
Power
Transistors | - | 4.9 billions |
Fabrication Process | 14 nm | 7 nm |
TDP | 65 W | 65 W |
Max. 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 | No |
Misc
Official site | Intel Core i5 9400F official page | AMD Ryzen 5 3600 official page |
PCI Express Version | 3.0 | 4.0 |
PCI Express Lanes | 16 | 20 |
Instruction Set | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2 | - |
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