Ryzen5 2600 vs Core i5 9400f | Comparison with Benchmarks

AMD launched the Ryzen 5 2600 CPU on April 19, 2018 to fightback the 8th generation Intel i5 CPUs which was really good CPU back then and could give more preformance than 8th gen i5 in gaming and multi tasking. Soon on 7 January, 2019 Intel launched the Core i5 9400f which was cheaper version of i5 9400.

 

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Core i5 9400f gave really good performance in gaming and it attracted many budget gamers. But now in 2020 with the release of Intel 10th gen and Ryzen 3000 series CPUs are still Ryzen 5 2600 and Core i5 9400f good in 2020, if yes then which is better. 

Core i5 9400F Specs

Processor	Core i5 9400F
Cores/Threads	6/6
Base Clock Frequency	2.9 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency	4.1 GHz
Micro-architecture	Coffee Lake
Lithography	14nm
TDP	65W
L3 Cache	9MB
Socket Supported	LGA1151
Memory Frequency	2666 MHz
Max. Memory	128 GB
PCIe Version Supported	3.0
PCIe lanes	16
Integrated Graphics	NO
Launch Price	$160

Ryzen 5 2600 Specs

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Processor	Ryzen 5 2600
Cores/Threads	6/12
HT	YES
Micro-architecture	ZEN +
Fabrication Process	12nm
Unlocked	YES
Base Clock	3.4 GHz
Boost Clock	3.9 GHz
TDP	65 W
L3 Cache	16 MB
Socket	AM4
PCIe Version	3.0
PCIe Lanes	16
Maximum Memory Clock	2933 MHz
Maximum Memory	64 GB
Integrated Graphics	NO
Current Price	$140

Both of the CPUs have 6 cores but Core i5 9400f  has no Hyper Threading but Ryzen 5 2600 has, the less number of threads would be a problem as in CPU would not be able to perform multi tasks compared to the one with Hyper Threading but for gaming there won't be much problem as games utilise CPU cores. Then Core i5 9400f's biggest problem is that it is not unlocked means you cannot overclock it and you can not boost all the six cores to 4.1 GHz, you can only boost 1 core to 4.1 GHz and all six cores would reach 3.9 GHz whereas you can overclock Ryzen 5 2600 to 3.9 GHZ. Both the CPUs have 65 w TDP and. Ryzen 5 2600 can support 64 Gigabytes of DDR4 memory clocked at 2933 MHz but i5 9400f can support 128 Gigabytes of memory with a lower 2666 MHz Frequency. 

 

With all this anyone can understand that the Ryzen 5 2600 which is cheaper and provides more facilities is ineed better than Core i5 9400f which is more expensive but Core i5 9400f  is better for gaming because it is designed for gaming whereas Ryzen 5 2600 is made for multitasking and gaming and you can boost Core i5 9400f's single core to 4.1 GHz which is even better. Benchmarks of Core i5 9400f and Ryzen 5 2600 with 16 GB of 3000 MHz DDR4 RAM along with an AMD RX 5600xt (you can go upto RTX 2070 Super or RX 5700 xt) are given below.

CPU	Ryzen 5 2600	Core i5 9400f
Cinebench r15 singlecore	164	177
Cinebench r15 multicore	1310	987
CS GO	261 FPS	274 FPS
GTA 5 ( MSAA ON )	76 FPS	81 FPS
PUBG	91 FPS	98 FPS
Overwatch	158 FPS	166 FPS

   

With the above we can see the i5 outperforms r5 in singlecore performance and gaming by a difference of 5 to 10 percent but the Ryzen 5 also beats Core i5 by 25 percent more performance in multicore tasks. Well this is upto you which to buy. You can buy Core i5 if you want to do pure gaming and some editing and streaming and Ryzen 5 2600  for gaming, streaming and editing. I will suggest you to buy the Ryzen 5 2600 because it is an all rounder CPU which is good for both gaming and streaming stuff and is cheap.