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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 3% better in Battlefield 2042 than Ryzen 5 2500X - 161 vs 156 FPS
- Up to 4% cheaper than Ryzen 5 2500X - $101.79 vs $106.47
- Up to 7% better value when playing Battlefield 2042 than Ryzen 5 2500X - $0.63 vs $0.68 per FPS
Battlefield 2042
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
161
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.63/FPS
100%
Price, $
$101.79
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-9400F Desktop Processor 6 Cores 4.1 GHz Turbo Without Graphics
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
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 |
Builds Using Ryzen 5 2500X or Core i5-9400F
Battlefield 2042, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
46 FPS
$25.43/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
Core i5-9400F
8 GB, 240 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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46 FPS
$24.33/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
Core i5-9400F
8 GB, 120 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$1,119
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35 FPS
$19.97/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650
Core i5-9400F
8 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$699
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