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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $549
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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 9 5900X outperforms the cheaper Core i5-10400 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 9 5900X is 189 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-10400.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-10400
- Up to 14% cheaper than Ryzen 9 5900X - £224.84 vs £259.98
- Consumes up to 38% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 5900X - 65 vs 105 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 9 5900X doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
- Performs up to 50% better in Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered than Core i5-10400 - 162 vs 108 FPS
- Up to 23% better value when playing Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered than Core i5-10400 - £1.6 vs £2.08 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-10400 - 24 vs 12 threads
Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Intel Core I5-10400 I5 10400 2.9 GHz Six-Core Twelve-Thread CPU Processor L2=1.5M L3=12M 65W LGA 1200
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Ryzen 9 5900X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
FPS
162
100%
Value, £/FPS
£1.6/FPS
100%
Price, £
£259.98
86%
FPS and Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Processor (12C/24T, 70MB Cache, up to 4.8 GHz Max Boost)
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Core i5-10400
Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020
Ryzen 9 5900X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-10400 | vs | AMD Ryzen 9 5900X |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 30th, 2020 | Release Date | Nov 5th, 2020 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Ryzen 9 |
| Comet Lake | Codename | Vermeer |
| Intel Socket 1200 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 12 |
| 12 | Threads | 24 |
| 2.9 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.7 GHz |
| 4.3 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.8 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 105 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 29.0x | Multiplier | 37.0x |
UHD Graphics 630 | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i5-10400 or Ryzen 9 5900X
Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered, 1920 x 1080, Very High
148 FPS
£11.12/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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112 FPS
£14.23/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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1 FPS
£1062.96/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-10400
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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