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Key Differences
In short — Ryzen 9 5950X 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 9 5950X is 667 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-9400F.
Advantages of Core i5-9400F
- Up to 65% cheaper than Ryzen 9 5950X - $119.00 vs $343.99
- Up to 63% better value when playing Mass Effect: Andromeda than Ryzen 9 5950X - $0.55 vs $1.50 per FPS
- Consumes up to 38% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 5950X - 65 vs 105 Watts
Advantages of Ryzen 9 5950X
- Performs up to 6% better in Mass Effect: Andromeda than Core i5-9400F - 230 vs 216 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-9400F - 32 vs 6 threads
Mass Effect: Andromeda
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Intel® Core™ i5-9400F Desktop Processor 6 Cores 4.1 GHz Turbo Without Graphics
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AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-core, 32-thread unlocked desktop processor
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My Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-9400F
Desktop • Jan 8th, 2019
Ryzen 9 5950X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i5-9400F | vs | Ryzen 9 5950X |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 8th, 2019 | Release Date | Nov 5th, 2020 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Ryzen 9 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Vermeer |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 16 |
| 6 | Threads | 32 |
| 2.9 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.4 GHz |
| 4.1 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.9 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 105 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 29.0x | Multiplier | 34.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
PCs Using Core i5-9400F or Ryzen 9 5950X
With selected game settings
67 FPS
$15.15/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
Core i5-9400F
8 GB, 240 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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67 FPS
$14.76/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
Core i5-9400F
8 GB, 120 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$989
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140 FPS
$9.29/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Ryzen 9 5950X
32 GB, N/A Storage
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$1,299.99
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47 FPS
$16.98/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650
Core i5-9400F
8 GB, 256 GB SSD
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$798
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140 FPS
$10.5/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Ryzen 9 5950X
32 GB, 512 GB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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131 FPS
$6.87/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Ryzen 9 5950X
32 GB, N/A Storage
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194 FPS
$29.37/FPS
GeForce RTX 3090
Ryzen 9 5950X
32 GB, N/A Storage
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164 FPS
$17.37/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
Ryzen 9 5950X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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230 FPS
$22.17/FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
Ryzen 9 5950X
64 GB, 4 TB HDD
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64 FPS
$39.84/FPS
Radeon Pro WX 7100
Ryzen 9 5950X
64 GB, 8 TB HDD
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