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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-9400 outperforms the more expensive Ryzen 5 1600 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-9400 is 556 days newer than the more expensive Ryzen 5 1600.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 1600
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-9400 - 12 vs 6 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i5-9400
- Performs up to 3% better in Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition than Ryzen 5 1600 - 205 vs 199 FPS
- Up to 14% cheaper than Ryzen 5 1600 - £188.88 vs £220.6
- Up to 17% better value when playing Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition than Ryzen 5 1600 - £0.92 vs £1.11 per FPS
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 5 1600 doesn't have integrated graphics
Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition
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AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Desktop CPU - AM4 / Hex Core / 3.2 GHz /19MB / 65W
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Core i5-9400
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
FPS
205
100%
Value, £/FPS
£0.92/FPS
100%
Price, £
£188.88
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FPS and Value Winner
Processor core i5 lga 1151 intel bx80684i59400 hexa core i5-9400
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1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
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Ryzen 5 1600
Desktop • Apr 11th, 2017
Core i5-9400
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 | vs | Intel Core i5-9400 |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 11th, 2017 | Release Date | Oct 19th, 2018 |
| Ryzen 5 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Summit Ridge | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 6 |
12 | Threads | 6 |
3.2 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.9 GHz |
| 3.6 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.1 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
32.0x | Multiplier | 29.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | UHD 630 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
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