amd ryzen 5 2600 vs intel core i5 10400f

AMD Ryzen 5 2600
VS
Intel Core i5 10400F
AMD Ryzen 5 2600
Intel Core i5 10400F

We compared two CPUs AMD Ryzen 5 2600 (Desktop) 6-cores against Intel Core i5 10400F (Desktop) 6-cores. In this comparison page, we check which of these two processor has better performance in benchmark results, Games, architecture, price and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved

Key Differences

What are the key differences between AMD Ryzen 5 2600 and Intel Core i5 10400F
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 2600
  • Around 5.3 GB/s (11%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
  • More modern manufacturing process – 12 versus 14
  • Unlocked multiplier
Advantages of Intel Core i5 10400F
  • Newer released 2 years later
  • 9% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.3 GHz vs 3.9 GHz)

Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
ryzen 5 2600
2254
core i5 10400f +12%
2574
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
ryzen 5 2600 +6%
13234
core i5 10400f
12421
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)

Specifications

Full technical specification of ryzen 5 2600 and core i5 10400f

General

AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Intel Core i5 10400F
Vendor AMD Intel
Released April 13 2018 May 20 2020
Type Desktop Desktop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen+ Comet Lake-S
Socket AM4 FCLGA1200
Integrated GPU -

Performance

AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Intel Core i5 10400F
Cores 6 6
Threads 12 12
Base Frequency 3.4 GHz 2.9 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency 3.9 GHz 4.3 GHz
L1 Cache 96K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 3 MB 256K (per core)
L3 Cache 16 MB (shared) 12 MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Power

AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Intel Core i5 10400F
Fabrication process 12 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 W 65 W
Max. temperature °C 100°C

Memory support

AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Intel Core i5 10400F
Memory types DDR4 Dual-channel DDR4-2666
Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 46.933 GB/s 41.6 GB/s
ECC Support Yes No

iGPU

AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Intel Core i5 10400F
Integrated Graphics -

Misc

AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Intel Core i5 10400F
Official site AMD Ryzen 5 2600 official page Intel Core i5 10400F official page
PCI Express Version 3 3
PCI Express Lanes 20 16

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Intel Core i5 10400F or AMD Ryzen 5 2600?