Ryzen 5 3500 vs Core i5-10400F

General info

Comparing Core i5-10400F and Ryzen 5 3500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	823	833
Place by popularity	10	not in top-100
Value for money	49.13	3.67
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	no data	AMD Ryzen 5
Architecture codename	Comet Lake (2020)	Zen 2 (2019−2020)
Release date	30 April 2020 (3 years ago)	no data
Launch price (MSRP)	$155	no data
Current price	$100 (0.6x MSRP)	$150

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

i5-10400F has 1239% better value for money than Ryzen 5 3500.

Technical specs

Core i5-10400F and Ryzen 5 3500 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 cores	6 (Hexa-Core)	6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads	12	6
Base clock speed	2.9 GHz	3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.3 GHz	4.1 GHz
L1 cache	64K (per core)	384 KB
L2 cache	256K (per core)	3 MB
L3 cache	12 MB (shared)	16 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm, 12 nm
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	72 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	Yes

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-10400F and Ryzen 5 3500 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 configuration	1	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA1200	Socket AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-10400F and Ryzen 5 3500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2	no data
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	no data
SIPP	-	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
Status	Launched	no data

Security technologies

Core i5-10400F and Ryzen 5 3500 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data
Secure Key	+	no data
Identity Protection	+	no data
SGX	Yes with Intel® ME	no data
OS Guard	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-10400F and Ryzen 5 3500 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	no data	+
VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i5-10400F and Ryzen 5 3500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size	128 GB	128 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	41.6 GB/s	51.196 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-10400F and Ryzen 5 3500.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	16	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Core i5-10400F outperforms Ryzen 5 3500 by 2% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance score	8.43	8.27
Threads	12	6
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm

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