Intel Core i5 9400F vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600

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We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core i5 9400F with 6 cores 2.9GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 5600 with 6 cores 3.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 5600's Advantages

Released 3 years and 3 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR4-2666)

Larger memory bandwidth (51.2GB/s vs 41.6GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 2.9GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 9MB)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Intel Core i5 9400F

1012

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 +49%

1508

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Intel Core i5 9400F

5577

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 +90%

10600

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i5 9400F

1396

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 +42%

1995

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i5 9400F

5142

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 +64%

8477

Blender

Intel Core i5 9400F

100

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 +82%

182

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Intel Core i5 9400F

1067

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 +43%

1526

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Intel Core i5 9400F

4806

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 +59%

7642

Passmark CPU Single Core

Intel Core i5 9400F

2453

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 +32%

3247

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Intel Core i5 9400F

9511

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 +124%

21382

Intel Core i5 9400F

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AMD Ryzen 5 5600

General Parameters

Jan 2019

Release Date

Apr 2022

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Coffee Lake

Core Architecture

Vermeer

i5-9400F

Processor Number

-

LGA-1151

Socket

AM4

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

LGA-1151

Socket

AM4

65 W

Power Consumption

65 W

100 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

90 °C

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

6

Performance Core Threads

12

2.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.5 GHz

4.1 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.4 GHz

6

Total Core Count

6

Total Thread Count

12

100MHz

Bus Frequency

100MHz

29x

Multiplier

35x

64K per core

L1 Cache

64K per core

256K per core

L2 Cache

512K per core

9MB shared

L3 Cache

32MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2666

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

128GB

Max Memory Size

128GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

41.6 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

51.2 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

-

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i5 9400F

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 5 5600

3.0

PCIe Version

4.0

16

PCIe Lanes

20

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

Extended Instruction Set

-

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