Intel Core i5-9400 vs AMD Ryzen 7 2700X

Intel Core i5-9400
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
2900 MHz / Cores: 6 / Sep 2018
Intel Core i5-9400
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3700 MHz / Cores: 8 / Mar 2018
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i5-9400
    100%
  • AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
    145%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-9400
    100%
  • AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
    103%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-9400
    100%
  • AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
    187%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-9400

40 watts lower power draw.
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD Ryzen 7 2700X.

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 7 2700X

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 87% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 45% higher average synthetic performance.

AMD Ryzen 7 2700X

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 7 2700X

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD Ryzen 7 2700X

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 7 2700X

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i5-9400AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
Boost 2.0
3DNow!
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SMT
XFR

Architecture

Intel Core i5-9400AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
ArchitectureIntel_CoffelakevsAMD Zen+
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenameCoffee LakevsZen
Release DateSep 2018vsMar 2018

Cores

Intel Core i5-9400AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
Cores6vs8
Threads6vs16
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsUHD Graphics 630vsNo

Cache

Intel Core i5-9400AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs96 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs512 KB (per core)
L3 Cache9216 KB (shared)vs16384 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i5-9400AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
SocketIntel Socket 1151vsAMD Socket AM4
Max Case Temp72°Cvsunknown
PackageFC-LGA1151vsuPGA
Die Sizeunknownvs192mm²
Process14 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Core i5-9400AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
Cpu Frequency2900 MHzvs3700 MHz
Turbo Clock4100 MHzvs4350 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltagevariablevsvariable
TDP65 Wvs105 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-9400
    4920 points
  • AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
    4785 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-9400
    20880 points
  • AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
    39723 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-9400 (simulated)
    174.25
  • AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
    180

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-9400 (simulated)
    972.54
  • AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
    1828

points - higher is better