AMD Ryzen 5 2400G vs Intel Core i5-8400

AMD Ryzen 5 2400G
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jan 2018
AMD Ryzen 5 2400G
Intel Core i5-8400
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
2800 MHz / Cores: 6 / Jan 2018
Intel Core i5-8400

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 2400G
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-8400
    112%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 2400G
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-8400
    110%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 2400G
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-8400
    114%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 2400G

None

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-8400

10% higher single threaded performance.
14% higher multi threaded performance.
Around 12% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i5-8400

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-8400

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 5 2400GIntel Core i5-8400
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
AVX
AES
F16C
BMI1
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SMT
SSSE3
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
FMA3
BMI2
Boost 2.0

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 5 2400GIntel Core i5-8400
ArchitectureAMD ZenvsIntel_Coffelake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenameZenvsCoffee Lake
Release DateJan 2018vsJan 2018

Cores

AMD Ryzen 5 2400GIntel Core i5-8400
Cores4vs6
Threads8vs6
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon RX Vega 11vsIntel UHD 630

Cache

AMD Ryzen 5 2400GIntel Core i5-8400
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache1024 KB (shared)vs9216 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 5 2400GIntel Core i5-8400
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
PackagevsFC-LGA1151
Die Size246mm²vs151mm²
Process14 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 5 2400GIntel Core i5-8400
Cpu Frequency3600 MHzvs2800 MHz
Turbo Clock3900 MHzvs4000 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltagevariablevsunknown
TDP65 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 2400G
    4290 points
  • Intel Core i5-8400
    4800 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 2400G
    19324 points
  • Intel Core i5-8400
    20160 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 2400G
    154
  • Intel Core i5-8400
    170

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 2400G
    820
  • Intel Core i5-8400
    939

points - higher is better