i5-9400F vs Athlon 64 LE-1640

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon 64 LE-1640 and Core i5-9400F processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1094
Place by popularitynot in top-10025
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data9.11
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Seriesno dataIntel Core i5
Power efficiencyno data8.67
Architecture codenameOrleans (2007−2009)Coffee Lake-R (2018−2019)
Release date7 January 2009 (15 years ago)7 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$182

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Athlon 64 LE-1640 and Core i5-9400F basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores1 (Single-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads16
Base clock speed2.6 GHz2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed2.6 GHz4.1 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data29
L1 cache128 KB385 KB
L2 cache512K1.5 MB
L3 cache0 KB9 MB (shared)
Chip lithography90 nm14 nm
Die size101.3 mm2149 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)69 °C72 °C
Number of transistors154 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 64 LE-1640 and Core i5-9400F compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketAM2FCLGA1151
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 64 LE-1640 and Core i5-9400F. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+

Security technologies

Athlon 64 LE-1640 and Core i5-9400F technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
MPX-+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 64 LE-1640 and Core i5-9400F are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 64 LE-1640 and Core i5-9400F. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR2DDR4-2666
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data42.671 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 64 LE-1640 and Core i5-9400F.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 January 2009 7 January 2019
Physical cores 1 6
Threads 1 6
Chip lithography 90 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 65 Watt

Athlon 64 LE-1640 has 44.4% lower power consumption.

i5-9400F, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 years, 500% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 542.9% more advanced lithography process.

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