AMD Ryzen 5 5600 vs Intel Core i5 8400

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 5 5600, vs Intel Core i5 8400. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 5 5600 and Intel Core i5 8400
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 5600
1464
Intel Core i5 8400
1028
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600
10898
Intel Core i5 8400
5852
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600
88
Intel Core i5 8400
n/a
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600
641
Intel Core i5 8400
n/a
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600
3257
Intel Core i5 8400
2373
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600
21559
Intel Core i5 8400
9222
Integer Math68.6 GOps/s25.6 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math38.8 GOps/s22 GOps/s
Prime Number Search137 M primes/s37 M primes/s
Random String Sort25.9 M strings/s16 M strings/s
Data Encryption15.6 GB/s2.8 GB/s
Data Compression251.9 MB/s130.1 MB/s
Physics1287 frames/s636 frames/s
Extended Instructions17 M matrices/s115 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600
2091
Intel Core i5 8400
1414
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600
9081
Intel Core i5 8400
5082
File Compression1000 MB/s392.9 MB/s
Clang Compilation64.3 KLines/s36 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser191.6 pages/s115 pages/s
PDF Rendering269.6 MP/sec156.8 MP/sec
Text Processing217.4 pages/s139 pages/s
Background Blur29.5 frames/s33.8 frames/s
Photo Processing70.7 frames/s49.9 frames/s
Ray Tracing16.1 MP/sec5.93 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 5600
153.47
Intel Core i5 8400
77.38

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 139.7 PPW 78.2 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 331.7 PPW 141.9 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 9.9 PPW n/a
Blender / W 2.36 PPW 1.19 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Intel
Announced March, 15, 2022 October, 5, 2017
Type PC use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 3 (Vermeer) Coffee Lake
Model number n/a i5-8400
Integrated GPU No UHD Graphics 630

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 6 6
Threads 12 6
Frequency 3.5 GHz 2.8 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.4 GHz 4 GHz
General
Cores count66
Threads count126
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Bandwidthn/a8 GT/s
Multiplier35x28x
L1 cache64 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache512 KB/core256 KB/core
L3 Cache32 MB total9 MB total
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Package

Process tech. 7 nm 14 nm
Power (TDP) 65 W 65 W
Socket AM4 LGA-1151
Critical temp. 90 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR4-3200 DDR4-2666
Max Size 128 GB 128 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support Yes No
Max memory bandwidth 47.68 GB 41.6 GB

Other

PCIe Version 4.0 3.0
Max PCIe Lanes 24 16
Channels n/a 41422

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Ryzen 5 5600 the clear winner in this comparison.

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