Intel Core i5 9400F vs AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT

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We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core i5 9400F with 6 cores 2.9GHz and AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT with 8 cores 3.9GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Core i5 9400F 's Advantages

Lower TDP (65W vs 105W)

AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 6 months late

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

Larger memory bandwidth (47.68GB/s vs 41.6GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.9GHz vs 2.9GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 9MB)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Intel Core i5 9400F

1069

AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT +26%

1352

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Intel Core i5 9400F

5906

AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT +119%

12960

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i5 9400F

1396

AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT +20%

1679

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i5 9400F

5142

AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT +23%

6343

Blender

Intel Core i5 9400F

100

AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT +93%

193

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Intel Core i5 9400F

1067

AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT +23%

1319

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Intel Core i5 9400F

4806

AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT +94%

9327

Passmark CPU Single Core

Intel Core i5 9400F

2453

AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT +13%

2793

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Intel Core i5 9400F

9511

AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT +147%

23540

Intel Core i5 9400F

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AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT

General Parameters

Jan 2019

Release Date

Jul 2020

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Coffee Lake

Core Architecture

Zen 2

i5-9400F

Processor Number

-

LGA-1151

Socket

AM4

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

-

Transistor Count

3.8 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

LGA-1151

Socket

AM4

65 W

Power Consumption

105 W

100 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

95 °C

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

8

6

Performance Core Threads

16

2.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.9 GHz

4.1 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.7 GHz

6

Total Core Count

8

6

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

29x

Multiplier

39x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

9 MB shared

L3 Cache

32 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2666

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

41.6 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

47.68 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i5 9400F

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT

3.0

PCIe Version

4.0

16

PCIe Lanes

24

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

Extended Instruction Set

-

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