Intel Core i5 9400F vs AMD Ryzen 5 7400F
We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core i5 9400F with 6 cores 2.9GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 7400F with 6 cores 3.7GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
AMD Ryzen 5 7400F 's Advantages
Released 6 years late
Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 2666)
Larger memory bandwidth (83.2GB/s vs 41.6GB/s)
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3.0)
Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 2.9GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 9MB)
More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Intel Core i5 9400F
1396
AMD Ryzen 5 7400F
+88%
2626
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Intel Core i5 9400F
5142
AMD Ryzen 5 7400F
+140%
12390
General Parameters
Jan 2019
Release Date
Jan 2025
Intel
Manufacturer
AMD
Desktop
Type
Desktop
x86-64
Instruction Set
x86-64
Coffee Lake
Core Architecture
Raphael
i5-9400F
Processor Number
-
LGA-1151
Socket
AMD Socket AM5
N/A
Integrated Graphics
N/A
-
Generation
Ryzen 5 (Zen 4 (Raphael))
Package
-
Transistor Count
6.57 billions
14 nm
Manufacturing Process
5 nm
65 W
Power Consumption
65 W
-
Max Turbo Power Consumption
W
100 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
95°C
-
Foundry
TSMC
-
Die Size
71 mm²
-
I/O Process Size
6 nm
-
I/O Die Size
122 mm²
CPU Performance
6
Performance Cores
6
6
Performance Core Threads
12
2.9 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.7 GHz
4.1 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.7 GHz
6
Total Core Count
6
6
Total Thread Count
12
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
29x
Multiplier
37.0
64 K per core
L1 Cache
64 KB per core
256 K per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
9 MB shared
L3 Cache
32 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
-
SMP
1
Memory Parameters
DDR4-2666
Memory Types
DDR5-5200
128 GB
Max Memory Size
128 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
2
41.6 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
83.2 GB/s
No
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
-
Integrated Graphics
false
-
GPU Base Frequency
-
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
-
Shader Units
-
Texture Units
-
Raster Operation Units
-
Execution Units
-
Power Consumption
-
Graphics Performance
0 TFLOPS
Miscellaneous
3.0
PCIe Version
5
16
PCIe Lanes
24
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Extended Instruction Set
-
