Intel Core i5-9400F vs AMD Ryzen 5 1400

Intel Core i5-9400F
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
2900 MHz / Cores: 6 / Jan 2019
Intel Core i5-9400F
AMD Ryzen 5 1400
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3200 MHz / Cores: 4 / Apr 2017
AMD Ryzen 5 1400

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i5-9400F
    133%
  • AMD Ryzen 5 1400
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-9400F
    130%
  • AMD Ryzen 5 1400
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-9400F
    137%
  • AMD Ryzen 5 1400
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-9400F

Much higher single threaded performance (around 30% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 37% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Around 33% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 1400

None

Intel Core i5-9400F

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-9400F

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i5-9400F

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-9400F

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


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i5-9400FAMD Ryzen 5 1400
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

Architecture

Intel Core i5-9400FAMD Ryzen 5 1400
ArchitectureIntel_CoffelakevsAMD Zen
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenameCoffee LakevsZen
Release DateJan 2019vsApr 2017

Cores

Intel Core i5-9400FAMD Ryzen 5 1400
Cores6vs4
Threads6vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

Intel Core i5-9400FAMD Ryzen 5 1400
L1 Cache64K (per core)vs128 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256K (per core)vs512 KB (per core)
L3 Cache9MB (shared)vs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i5-9400FAMD Ryzen 5 1400
SocketIntel Socket 1151vsAMD Socket AM4
Max Case Temp72°Cvsunknown
PackageFC-LGA1151vsuPGA
Die Sizeunknownvs192mm²
Process14 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Core i5-9400FAMD Ryzen 5 1400
Cpu Frequency2900 MHzvs3200 MHz
Turbo Clock4100 MHzvs3400 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltagevariablevsunknown
TDP65 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-9400F
    4920 points
  • AMD Ryzen 5 1400
    3740 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-9400F
    20880 points
  • AMD Ryzen 5 1400
    17177 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-9400F (simulated)
    174.25
  • AMD Ryzen 5 1400
    134

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-9400F (simulated)
    972.54
  • AMD Ryzen 5 1400
    705

points - higher is better