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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-9400F outperforms the more expensive Ryzen 7 1700 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-9400F is 677 days newer than the more expensive Ryzen 7 1700.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 1700
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-9400F - 16 vs 6 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i5-9400F
- Performs up to 5% better in Valorant than Ryzen 7 1700 - 773 vs 734 FPS
- Up to 56% cheaper than Ryzen 7 1700 - $85.0 vs $195.0
- Up to 59% better value when playing Valorant than Ryzen 7 1700 - $0.11 vs $0.27 per FPS
Valorant
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
AMD YD1700BBAEBOX Ryzen 7 1700 Processor with Wraith Spire LED Cooler
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Core i5-9400F
Desktop • Jan 8th, 2019
FPS
773
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.11/FPS
100%
Price, $
$85
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
High
Ryzen 7 1700
Desktop • Mar 2nd, 2017
Core i5-9400F
Desktop • Jan 8th, 2019
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 | vs | Intel Core i5-9400F |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 2nd, 2017 | Release Date | Jan 8th, 2019 |
| Ryzen 7 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Summit Ridge | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 | Cores | 6 |
16 | Threads | 6 |
3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.9 GHz |
| 3.7 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.1 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
30.0x | Multiplier | 29.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Ryzen 7 1700 or Core i5-9400F
Valorant, 1920 x 1080, High
401 FPS
$2.92/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
Core i5-9400F
8 GB, 240 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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401 FPS
$2.77/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
Core i5-9400F
8 GB, 120 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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358 FPS
$1.95/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650
Core i5-9400F
8 GB, 512 GB SSD
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