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Core i5-9400F vs Ryzen 5 3600


Description
The i5-9400F is based on Coffee Lake architecture while the 3600 is based on Zen 2.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i5-9400F gets a score of 331.2 k points while the 3600 gets 348.4 k points.

Summarizing, the 3600 is 1.1 times faster than the i5-9400F. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
906ea
870f10
Core
Coffee Lake-S
Matisse
Architecture
Base frecuency
2.9 GHz
3.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
4.1 GHz
4.2 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
AM4
Cores/Threads
6/6
6/12
TDP
65 W
65 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
6x32+6x32 kB
6x32+6x32 kB
Cache L2
6x256 kB
6x512 kB
Cache L3
9216 kB
32768 kB
Date
January 2019
July 2019
Mean monothread perf.
67.77k points
70.55k points
Mean multithread perf.
331.19k points
348.35k points

AVX2 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode III (AVX2), like AVX1, is optimized to used 256 bits registers beside the second version of the Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX). The first AVX2 compatible CPU was released in 2013.
Monothread
i5-9400F
3600
Test#1 (Integers)
27.15k
16.04k (x0.59)
Test#2 (FP)
23.63k
24.47k (x1.04)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.38k
8.38k (x1.56)
Test#1 (Memory)
11.61k
21.66k (x1.87)
TOTAL
67.77k
70.55k (x1.04)

Multithread

i5-9400F

3600
Test#1 (Integers)
156.61k
113.63k (x0.73)
Test#2 (FP)
138k
143.55k (x1.04)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
29.45k
63.84k (x2.17)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.14k
27.34k (x3.83)
TOTAL
331.19k
348.35k (x1.05)

Performance/W
i5-9400F
3600
Test#1 (Integers)
2409 points/W
1748 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
2123 points/W
2208 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
453 points/W
982 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
110 points/W
421 points/W
TOTAL
5095 points/W
5359 points/W

Performance/GHz
i5-9400F
3600
Test#1 (Integers)
6622 points/GHz
3819 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
5763 points/GHz
5825 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1312 points/GHz
1995 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
2831 points/GHz
5158 points/GHz
TOTAL
16528 points/GHz
16797 points/GHz

Monothread performance graph
Monothread performance graphics gives the performance vs time. They are useful to measure the time it takes to the CPU to reach the maximum performance.

Usually, CPU's performance will be steady during these tests but if it has a slow frequency strategy, the first samples will show a lower score.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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Multithread performance graph
Multithread graphs measure the performance against a heavy load during certain time.

If CPU's TDP doesn't limit the frequency and the machine is properly cooled, performance should remain steady vs time. Otherwise, the performance score will oscillate or decrease over time.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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