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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-9400F outperforms the more expensive Ryzen 5 2500X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-9400F is 120 days newer than the more expensive Ryzen 5 2500X.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 2500X
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-9400F - 8 vs 6 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i5-9400F
- Performs up to 2% better in Battlefield 1 than Ryzen 5 2500X - 242 vs 238 FPS
- Up to 10% cheaper than Ryzen 5 2500X - $70.2 vs $77.85
- Up to 11% better value when playing Battlefield 1 than Ryzen 5 2500X - $0.32 vs $0.36 per FPS
Battlefield 1
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
AMD Ryzen 5 2500X CPU Used 4-Core 8-Thread Desktop Processor 3.6 GHz 8M 65W Socket AM4
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Core i5-9400F
Desktop • Jan 8th, 2019
FPS
242
100%
Value, €/FPS
€0.32/FPS
100%
Price, €
€77.92
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FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-9400F Desktop Processor 6 Cores 4.1 GHz Turbo Without Graphics
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1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Ryzen 5 2500X
Desktop • Sep 10th, 2018
Core i5-9400F
Desktop • Jan 8th, 2019
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 5 2500X | vs | Intel Core i5-9400F |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 10th, 2018 | Release Date | Jan 8th, 2019 |
| Ryzen 5 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Pinnacle Ridge | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 6 |
8 | Threads | 6 |
3.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.9 GHz |
| 4.0 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.1 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
12 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
36.0x | Multiplier | 29.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
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