AMD Ryzen 5 1600 vs Intel Core i5 9400F

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 5 1600, vs Intel Core i5 9400F. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 5 1600 and Intel Core i5 9400F
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 1600
900
Intel Core i5 9400F
1020
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 1600
6230
Intel Core i5 9400F
5581
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 1600
n/a
Intel Core i5 9400F
65
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 1600
n/a
Intel Core i5 9400F
378
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 1600
2066
Intel Core i5 9400F
2431
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 1600
12277
Intel Core i5 9400F
9460
Integer Math41.5 GOps/s26.2 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math21.4 GOps/s22.5 GOps/s
Prime Number Search35 M primes/s38 M primes/s
Random String Sort20.3 M strings/s16.3 M strings/s
Data Encryption11.7 GB/s2.9 GB/s
Data Compression172.1 MB/s133.1 MB/s
Physics644 frames/s652 frames/s
Extended Instructions67 M matrices/s117 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 1600
1118
Intel Core i5 9400F
1474
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 1600
4965
Intel Core i5 9400F
5302
File Compression473.5 MB/s449.4 MB/s
Clang Compilation40.5 KLines/s34.8 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser121.5 pages/s127.6 pages/s
PDF Rendering154.2 MP/sec141.6 MP/sec
Text Processing99.8 pages/s142.6 pages/s
Background Blur21.9 frames/s31.4 frames/s
Photo Processing48.6 frames/s63.4 frames/s
Ray Tracing8.57 MP/sec6.9 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 1600
100.94
Intel Core i5 9400F
77.22

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 76.4 PPW 81.6 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 188.9 PPW 145.5 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W n/a 5.8 PPW
Blender / W 1.55 PPW 1.19 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Intel
Announced April, 11, 2017 January, 7, 2019
Type PC use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename n/a Coffee Lake
Model number n/a i5-9400F
Integrated GPU No No

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 6 6
Threads 12 6
Frequency 3.2 GHz 2.9 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 3.6 GHz 4.1 GHz
General
Cores count66
Threads count126
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Bandwidthn/a8 GT/s
Multiplier32x29x
L1 cache96 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache512 KB/core256 KB/core
L3 Cache16 MB total9 MB total
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Package

Transistor count 4.8 billion n/a
Process tech. 14 nm 14 nm
Power (TDP) 65 W 65 W
Socket AM4 LGA-1151
Critical temp. 95 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR4-2666 DDR4-2666
Max Size 64 GB 128 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support Yes No
Max memory bandwidth 39.74 GB 41.6 GB

Other

PCIe Version 3.0 3.0
Max PCIe Lanes 20 16
Channels n/a 41422

Results

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