AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs Intel Core i5-8400

AMD Ryzen 5 3600
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 6 / Mar 2019
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Intel Core i5-8400
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
2800 MHz / Cores: 6 / Jan 2018
Intel Core i5-8400

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600
    144%
  • Intel Core i5-8400
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600
    121%
  • Intel Core i5-8400
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600
    167%
  • Intel Core i5-8400
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 3600

Much higher single threaded performance (around 21% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 67% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 44% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-8400

Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD Ryzen 5 3600.

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 3600

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 3600

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


Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 5 3600Intel Core i5-8400
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4A
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
AES
AVX
AVX2
BMI1
BMI2
SHA
F16C
FMA3
AMD64
EVP
AMD-V
SMAP
SMEP
SMT
Precision Boost 2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
Boost 2.0

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 5 3600Intel Core i5-8400
ArchitectureAMD Zen 2vsIntel_Coffelake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenameZen 2vsCoffee Lake
Release DateMar 2019vsJan 2018

Cores

AMD Ryzen 5 3600Intel Core i5-8400
Cores6vs6
Threads12vs6
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel UHD 630

Cache

AMD Ryzen 5 3600Intel Core i5-8400
L1 Cache96K (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512K (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache16MB (shared)vs9216 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 5 3600Intel Core i5-8400
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
PackagevsFC-LGA1151
Die Sizeunknownvs151mm²
Process7 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 5 3600Intel Core i5-8400
Cpu Frequency3600 MHzvs2800 MHz
Turbo Clock4400 MHzvs4000 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltagevariablevsunknown
TDP65 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600
    4928 points
  • Intel Core i5-8400
    4800 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600
    29514 points
  • Intel Core i5-8400
    20160 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (simulated)
    206.31
  • Intel Core i5-8400
    170

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (simulated)
    1575.75
  • Intel Core i5-8400
    939

points - higher is better