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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $1999
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Key Differences
In short — Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 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 Threadripper 3970X is 321 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-9400F.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-9400F
- Up to 96% cheaper than Ryzen Threadripper 3970X - £98.66 vs £2798.0
- Up to 96% better value when playing Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales than Ryzen Threadripper 3970X - £0.83 vs £21.86 per FPS
- Consumes up to 77% less energy than AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X - 65 vs 280 Watts
Advantages of AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X
- Performs up to 8% better in Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales than Core i5-9400F - 128 vs 119 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-9400F - 64 vs 6 threads
Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Core i5-9400F
Desktop • Jan 8th, 2019
FPS
119
92.96875%
Value, £/FPS
£0.83/FPS
100%
Price, £
£98.66
100%
Value Winner
Intel Core i5-9400F 2.9GHz LGA1151 9M Cache BOX CPU
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Updated 1624 minutes ago
Ryzen Threadripper 3970X
Desktop • Nov 25th, 2019
FPS
128
100%
Value, £/FPS
£21.86/FPS
3.796889295516926%
Price, £
£2798
3%
FPS Winner
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X Processor (32C/64T, 128 MB Cache, 4.5 GHz Boost)
Buy for £2,798 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 1624 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Core i5-9400F
Desktop • Jan 8th, 2019
Ryzen Threadripper 3970X
Desktop • Nov 25th, 2019
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i5-9400F
Desktop • Jan 8th, 2019
Single-Core
1378
84.22982885085575%
Multi-Core
4834
34.50885208452313%
Intel Core i5-9400F | vs | AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 8th, 2019 | Release Date | Nov 25th, 2019 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Ryzen Threadripper |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Castle Peak |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | AMD Socket TRX4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 32 |
| 6 | Threads | 64 |
| 2.9 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.7 GHz |
| 4.1 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.5 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 280 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 29.0x | Multiplier | 37.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
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