AMD Ryzen 5 1600X vs Intel Core i5-10400F
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Technical specs
Technologies
Memory
Benchmarks
Gaming
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General info
Comparing Ryzen 5 1600X and Core i5-10400F processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture and sales start time and price.
Technical specs
Ryzen 5 1600X and Core i5-10400F quantitative parameters such as cores and threads number, clocks, manufacturing process, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of Ryzen 5 1600X and Core i5-10400F performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their test results.
Number of cores
6
6
Number of threads
12
12
Base frequency
3.6 GHz
2.9 GHz
Maximum frequency
4 GHz
4.3 GHz
Bus support
4 × 8 GT/s
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L1 cache
96K (per core)
64K (per core)
L2 cache
512K (per core)
256K (per core)
L3 cache
16 MB (shared)
12 MB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
14 nm
Die size
192 mm2
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Maximum core temperature
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100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)
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72 °C
Transistor count
4,800 million
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64 bit support
+
+
Unlocked
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-
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 5 1600X and Core i5-10400F compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one.
Max number of CPUs in a configuration
1 (Uniprocessor)
1
Socket
AM4
FCLGA1200
Power consumption (TDP)
95 Watt
65 Watt
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 1600X and Core i5-10400F. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
Instruction set extensions
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Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI
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+
AVX
+
+
vPro
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-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)
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+
Turbo Boost
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2.0
Hyper-Threading
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+
Idle States
no data
+
Thermal Monitoring
-
+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0
no data
-
Security technologies
Ryzen 5 1600X and Core i5-10400F technologies aimed at raising security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
TXT
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EDB
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Secure Key
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Identity Protection
-
+
SGX
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Yes with Intel® ME
OS Guard
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+
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 1600X and Core i5-10400F are enumerated here.
AMD-V
+
+
VT-d
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VT-x
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+
EPT
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Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 1600X and Core i5-10400F.
Supported memory types
DDR4
Dual-channel
DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size
64 GB
128 GB
Max memory channels
2
2
Maximum memory bandwidth
42.671 GB/s
41.6 GB/s
ECC memory support
+
-
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 1600X and Core i5-10400F.
PCIe revision
3.0
3.0
Max number of PCIe lanes
24
16
Benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmarks performance of Ryzen 5 1600X and Core i5-10400F. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.
Overall benchmark performance
Ryzen 5 1600X
14.74 +0.4%
i5-10400F
14.68
Passmark
Ryzen 5 1600X
13078 +0.4%
i5-10400F
13029
Gaming performance
Let's see how good Ryzen 5 1600X and Core i5-10400F are for gaming compared with game system requirements. Remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect real performance inaccurately.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
0.4% faster in synthetic tests
Cheaper ($290.00 USD vs $892.00 USD)
Higher base frequency (3600 vs 2900 MHz)
AES (Advanced Encryption Standard instructions set - hardware acceleration of AES encryption and decryption. Speeds up encryption software, e.g. Veracrypt)
x86-64 (a general name for 64-bit extension of x86 instruction set. There are AMD64 and Intel 64 versions that differ very little)
Unlocked
ECCMemory
Advantages of Intel Core i5-10400F
Much newer (30 April 2020 vs 11 April 2017)
Higher maximum frequency (4300 vs 4000 MHz)
Less power hungry (65 vs 95 watts)
HyperThreading (allows one physical CPU function as two logical ones. It increases performance, since while one logical CPU is waiting for data, the second may still do useful work)
Quick Sync (hardware acceleration of video encoding and decoding for Intel CPUs. Speeds up video encoding by times, but at the cost of somewhat lower quality)
Intel 64 (64-bit Intel CPU architecture. Almost identical to AMD64, except small and rarely used nuances)
AES-NI (Advanced Encryption Standard New Instructions - additional instructions for hardware acceleration of AES encryption and decryption)
TXT (Trusted Execution Technology - protects the system against viruses and rootkits residing in BIOS or in a boot sector)
Thermal Monitoring Technologies
IdentityProtectionTechVersion
So, Ryzen 5 1600X or Core i5-10400F?
Technical City couldn't decide between AMD Ryzen 5 1600X and Intel Core i5-10400F. The differences in performance seem too small.
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