AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs Intel Core i5 10400F

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 with 6 cores 3.6GHz and Intel Core i5 10400F with 6 cores 2.9GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 's Advantages

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 (3.6GHz vs 2.9GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 12MB)

Intel Core i5 10400F 's Advantages

Released 10 months late

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 +15%

1281

Intel Core i5 10400F

1106

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 +23%

9354

Intel Core i5 10400F

7603

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 +12%

1640

Intel Core i5 10400F

1459

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 +14%

7084

Intel Core i5 10400F

6209

Blender

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 +8%

156

Intel Core i5 10400F

144

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 +12%

1240

Intel Core i5 10400F

1101

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 +17%

7078

Intel Core i5 10400F

6041

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

2565

Intel Core i5 10400F

2551

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 +43%

17685

Intel Core i5 10400F

12350

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

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Intel Core i5 10400F

General Parameters

Jul 2019

Release Date

May 2020

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Matisse

Core Architecture

Comet Lake

-

Processor Number

i5-10400F

AM4

Socket

LGA-1200

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

AM4

Socket

LGA-1200

65 W

Power Consumption

65 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

6

12

Performance Core Threads

12

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.9 GHz

4.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.3 GHz

6

Total Core Count

6

12

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

36x

Multiplier

29x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

32 MB shared

L3 Cache

12 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

51.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

41.6 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

Official Website

Intel Core i5 10400F

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

16

PCIe Lanes

16

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