i5-9400F vs Mobile Athlon 64 3400+

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Aggregate performance score

Mobile Athlon 64 3400+
2005
1 core / 1 thread, 62 Watt
0.21
Core i5-9400F
2019
6 cores / 6 threads, 65 Watt
5.96
+2738%

Core i5-9400F outperforms Mobile Athlon 64 3400+ by a whopping 2738% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Mobile Athlon 64 3400+ and Core i5-9400F processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking32091096
Place by popularitynot in top-10025
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data9.17
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesMobile Athlon 64Intel Core i5
Power efficiency0.328.68
Architecture codenameClawhammer (2001−2005)Coffee Lake-R (2018−2019)
Release dateAugust 2005 (19 years ago)8 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

Mobile Athlon 64 3400+ 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 speedno data2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz4.1 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rate800 MHz4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data29
L1 cache128K64K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB256K (per core)
L3 cacheno data9 MB (shared)
Chip lithographyno data14 nm
Die size193 mm2149 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors106 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Mobile Athlon 64 3400+ 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)
Socket754FCLGA1151
Power consumption (TDP)62 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Mobile Athlon 64 3400+ 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

Mobile Athlon 64 3400+ 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 Mobile Athlon 64 3400+ 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 Mobile Athlon 64 3400+ and Core i5-9400F. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1DDR4-2666
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data42.671 GB/s

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Mobile Athlon 64 3400+ and Core i5-9400F.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


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.

Mobile Athlon 64 3400+ 0.21
i5-9400F 5.96
+2738%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Mobile Athlon 64 3400+ 333
i5-9400F 9470
+2744%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Mobile Athlon 64 3400+ 84.5
i5-9400F 6.76
+1150%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.21 5.96
Physical cores 1 6
Threads 1 6
Power consumption (TDP) 62 Watt 65 Watt

Mobile Athlon 64 3400+ has 4.8% lower power consumption.

i5-9400F, on the other hand, has a 2738.1% higher aggregate performance score, and 500% more physical cores and 500% more threads.

The Core i5-9400F is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobile Athlon 64 3400+ in performance tests.

Be aware that Mobile Athlon 64 3400+ is a notebook processor while Core i5-9400F is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Mobile Athlon 64 3400+ and Core i5-9400F, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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