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Key Differences
In short — Ryzen 9 5900X outperforms the cheaper Core i5-9400F on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Core i5-9400F is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Ryzen 9 5900X is 667 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-9400F.
Advantages of Core i5-9400F
- Up to 46% cheaper than Ryzen 9 5900X - £109.99 vs £204.00
- Up to 35% better value when playing Rust than Ryzen 9 5900X - £0.57 vs £0.88 per FPS
- Consumes up to 38% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 5900X - 65 vs 105 Watts
Advantages of Ryzen 9 5900X
- Performs up to 19% better in Rust than Core i5-9400F - 231 vs 194 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-9400F - 24 vs 6 threads
Rust
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i5-9400F
Desktop • Jan 8th, 2019
FPS
194
84%
Value, £/FPS
£0.57/FPS
100%
Price, £
£109.99
100%
Value Winner
Intel Core i5-9400F 2.9GHz LGA1151 9M Cache BOX CPU
Buy for £109.99 on Amazon
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Updated 286 minutes ago
AMD Ryzen™ 9 5900X Desktop Processor
Buy for £204 on Amazon
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Updated 285 minutes ago
My Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i5-9400F
Desktop • Jan 8th, 2019
Ryzen 9 5900X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i5-9400F | vs | Ryzen 9 5900X |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 8th, 2019 | Release Date | Nov 5th, 2020 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Ryzen 9 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Vermeer |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 12 |
| 6 | Threads | 24 |
| 2.9 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.7 GHz |
| 4.1 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.8 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 105 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 29.0x | Multiplier | 37.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
Core i5-9400F and Ryzen 9 5900X Popular Comparisons
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£204
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Core i5-9400F
£109.99
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Core i5-9400F
£109.99
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Core i5-9400F
£109.99
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Core i5-9400F
£109.99
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Ryzen 7 5700X
Core i5-9400F
£109.99
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Ryzen 5 5500
£84
Core i5-9400F
£109.99
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Ryzen 7 7700X
£488.99
Core i5-9400F
£109.99
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Ryzen 7 5800X
Core i5-9400F
£109.99
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Ryzen 5 7600
Core i5-9400F
£109.99
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Core i7-12700K
£208.69
Core i5-9400F
£109.99
vs
Core i7-14700K
£343.97
Core i5-9400F
£109.99
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Core i5-9400F
£109.99
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Ryzen 9 7900X
£929.89
Core i5-9400F
£109.99
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£295
Core i5-9400F
£109.99
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Core i9-12900K
£328.01
Core i5-9400F
£109.99
vs
Ryzen 7 5700G
£139.99
Core i5-9400F
£109.99
vs
Core i9-12900KF
£257.13
Core i5-9400F
£109.99
vs
Ryzen 9 7950X
Core i5-9400F
£109.99
vs
Core i5-12600KF
£169.39
Core i5-9400F
£109.99
vs
Ryzen 7 3700X
£354.25
Core i5-9400F
£109.99
vs
Ryzen 5 5600GT
Core i5-9400F
£109.99
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Core i5-13400F
Core i5-9400F
£109.99
vs
Core i5-12600K
£238.62
Core i5-9400F
£109.99
vs
Core i9-14900KF
Core i5-9400F
£109.99
vs
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£639.99
Core i5-9400F
£109.99
vs
Core i7-14700KF
£326.49
Core i5-9400F
£109.99
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Core i7-13700K
£307.67
Core i5-9400F
£109.99
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Core i5-12400
£2,511.32
Core i5-9400F
£109.99
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£218.88
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£109.99
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Core i9-14900K
£433.5