AMD Ryzen 5 2500X vs Intel Core i5-9400F
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Technical specs
Technologies
Memory
Benchmarks
Gaming
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General info
Comparing Ryzen 5 2500X and Core i5-9400F processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture and sales start time and price.
Technical specs
Ryzen 5 2500X and Core i5-9400F quantitative parameters such as cores and threads number, clocks, manufacturing process, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of Ryzen 5 2500X and Core i5-9400F performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their test results.
Number of cores
4
6
Number of threads
8
6
Base frequency
3.6 GHz
2.9 GHz
Maximum frequency
4 GHz
4.1 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)
9 MB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology
12 nm
14 nm
Die size
192 mm2
149 mm2
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
+
-
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 5 2500X and Core i5-9400F 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
FCLGA1151
Power consumption (TDP)
65 Watt
65 Watt
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 2500X and Core i5-9400F. 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
+
+
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
-
+
Security technologies
Ryzen 5 2500X and Core i5-9400F technologies aimed at raising security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
TXT
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-
EDB
no data
+
Secure Key
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+
MPX
-
+
Identity Protection
-
+
SGX
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Yes with Intel® ME
OS Guard
no data
+
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 2500X and Core i5-9400F are enumerated here.
AMD-V
+
-
VT-d
no data
+
VT-x
no data
+
EPT
no data
+
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 2500X and Core i5-9400F.
Supported memory types
DDR4
Dual-channel
DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size
64 GB
128 GB
Max memory channels
2
2
Maximum memory bandwidth
46.933 GB/s
41.6 GB/s
ECC memory support
+
-
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 2500X and Core i5-9400F.
PCIe revision
3.0
3.0
Max number of PCIe lanes
20
16
Benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmarks performance of Ryzen 5 2500X and Core i5-9400F. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.
Overall benchmark performance
Ryzen 5 2500X
10.78
i5-9400F
10.80 +0.2%
Passmark
Ryzen 5 2500X
9569
i5-9400F
9579 +0.1%
Gaming performance
Let's see how good Ryzen 5 2500X and Core i5-9400F are for gaming compared with game system requirements. Remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect real performance inaccurately.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 2500X
Cheaper ($220.00 USD vs $766.00 USD)
Higher base frequency (3600 vs 2900 MHz)
Finer manufacturing process technology (12 vs 14 nm)
Virtualization (Hardware acceleration of virtual machines)
Unlocked
ECCMemory
Advantages of Intel Core i5-9400F
0.2% faster in synthetic tests
Somewhat newer (8 January 2019 vs 1 October 2018)
Higher maximum frequency (4100 vs 4000 MHz)
Thermal Monitoring Technologies
MemoryProtectionExtensionsVersion
IdentityProtectionTechVersion
So, Ryzen 5 2500X or Core i5-9400F?
Technical City couldn't decide between AMD Ryzen 5 2500X and Intel Core i5-9400F. The differences in performance seem too small.
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