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In short — Core i5-9400F outperforms Ryzen 5 3500U on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i5-9400F is 2 days newer than Ryzen 5 3500U.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
- Consumes up to 77% less energy than Intel Core i5-9400F - 15 vs 65 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i5-9400F doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of Intel Core i5-9400F
- Performs up to 2% better in Metro Exodus than Ryzen 5 3500U - 144 vs 141 FPS
Metro Exodus
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Extreme
Core i5-9400F
Desktop • Jan 8th, 2019
FPS
144
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.67/FPS
100%
Price, $
$96
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
Extreme
Ryzen 5 3500U
Mobile • Jan 6th, 2019
Core i5-9400F
Desktop • Jan 8th, 2019
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U | vs | Intel Core i5-9400F |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 6th, 2019 | Release Date | Jan 8th, 2019 |
| Ryzen 5 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Raven Ridge | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| AMD Socket FP5 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Mobile | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 6 |
8 | Threads | 6 |
| 2.1 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.9 GHz |
| 3.7 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.1 GHz |
15 W | TDP | 65 W |
12 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 21.0x | Multiplier | 29.0x |
Radeon Vega 8 | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Ryzen 5 3500U or Core i5-9400F
Metro Exodus, 1920 x 1080, Extreme
19 FPS
$61.58/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
Core i5-9400F
8 GB, 240 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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19 FPS
$58.89/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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7 FPS
$99.86/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650
Core i5-9400F
8 GB, 512 GB SSD
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