Intel Core i5 8400 vs AMD Ryzen 5 9600
We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core i5 8400 with 6 cores 2.8GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 9600 with 6 cores 3.8GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
AMD Ryzen 5 9600 Advantages
Released 7 years and 4 months late
Higher specification of memory (5600 vs 2666)
Larger memory bandwidth (89.6GB/s vs 41.6GB/s)
Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)
Higher base frequency (3.8GHz vs 2.8GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 9MB)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 14nm)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Intel Core i5 8400
1298
AMD Ryzen 5 9600
+149%
3240
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Intel Core i5 8400
4677
AMD Ryzen 5 9600
+216%
14815
General Parameters
Oct 2017
Release Date
Feb 2025
Intel
Manufacturer
Amd
Desktop
Type
Desktop
x86-64
Instruction Set
x86-64
Coffee Lake
Core Architecture
Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
i5-8400
Processor Number
-
LGA-1151
Socket
AM5
UHD Graphics 630
Integrated Graphics
Radeon Graphics
-
Generation
Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Package
14 nm
Manufacturing Process
4 nm
65 W
Power Consumption
65 W
100 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
95 °C
-
Foundry
TSMC
-
I/O Process Size
6 nm
CPU Performance
6
Performance Cores
6
6
Performance Core Threads
12
2.8 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.8 GHz
4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5.2 GHz
6
Total Core Count
6
6
Total Thread Count
12
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
28x
Multiplier
38
64 K per core
L1 Cache
80 K 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
DDR5-5600
128 GB
Max Memory Size
192 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
2
41.6 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
89.6 GB/s
No
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
350 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
-
1050 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2200 MHz
192
Shader Units
-
24
Texture Units
-
3
Raster Operation Units
-
24
Execution Units
2
15 W
Power Consumption
-
4096x2304 - 60 Hz
Max Resolution
-
0.38 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
-
Miscellaneous
3.0
PCIe Version
5.0
16
PCIe Lanes
28
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Extended Instruction Set
-
