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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 9 5900X outperforms the cheaper Pentium Gold G5400 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 9 5900X is 948 days newer than the cheaper Pentium Gold G5400.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
- Performs up to 1300% better in Cities: Skylines II than Pentium Gold G5400 - 56 vs 4 FPS
- Up to 25% better value when playing Cities: Skylines II than Pentium Gold G5400 - CA$6.78 vs CA$9.0 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium Gold G5400 - 24 vs 4 threads
Advantages of Intel Pentium Gold G5400
- Up to 91% cheaper than Ryzen 9 5900X - CA$35.99 vs CA$379.95
- Consumes up to 45% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 5900X - 58 vs 105 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 9 5900X doesn't have integrated graphics
Cities: Skylines II
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Ryzen 9 5900X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
FPS
56
100%
Value, CA$/FPS
CA$6.78/FPS
100%
Price, CA$
CA$379.95
9%
FPS and Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-core, 24-thread unlocked desktop processor without cooler
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Intel® Pentium® Gold G5400 Desktop Processor 2 Core 3.7GHz LGA1151 300 Series 54W/58W BX80684G5400
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Ryzen 9 5900X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
Pentium Gold G5400
Desktop • Apr 2nd, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | vs | Intel Pentium Gold G5400 |
|---|---|---|
Nov 5th, 2020 | Release Date | Apr 2nd, 2018 |
| Ryzen 9 | Collection | Pentium Gold |
| Vermeer | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
12 | Cores | 2 |
24 | Threads | 4 |
| 3.7 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.7 GHz |
| 4.8 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 105 W | TDP | 58 W |
7 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 37.0x | Multiplier | 37.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 610 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
PC Builds Using Ryzen 9 5900X or Pentium Gold G5400
Cities: Skylines II, 1920 x 1080, High
22 FPS
CA$249.95/FPS
GeForce RTX 3090
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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1 FPS
CA$2509.99/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, 4 TB HDD
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CA$2,509.99
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36 FPS
Radeon RX 7900 XT
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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