amd ryzen 5 3600 vs intel core i5 10400

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We compared two CPUs AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (Desktop) 6-cores against Intel Core i5 10400 (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.

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 3600 and Intel Core i5 10400
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 3600
  • Around 9.6 GB/s (19%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Has 20 MB larger L3 cache size
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 14
  • Unlocked multiplier
Advantages of Intel Core i5 10400
  • Newer released 1 years later
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.3 GHz vs 4.2 GHz)

Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
1311
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
9524
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
2610
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
17827
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
1261
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
7182

Specifications

Full technical specification of ryzen 5 3600 and core i5 10400

General

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Intel Core i5 10400
Vendor AMD Intel
Released July 7 2019 April 30 2020
Type Desktop Desktop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Matisse Comet Lake
Socket AM4 FCLGA1200
Integrated GPU - Intel UHD Graphics 630

Performance

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Intel Core i5 10400
Cores 6 6
Threads 12 12
Base Frequency 3.6 GHz 2.9 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency 4.2 GHz 4.3 GHz
L1 Cache 96K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 256K (per core)
L3 Cache 32 MB (shared) 12 MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Power

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Intel Core i5 10400
Fabrication process 7 nm, 12 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 W 65 W
Max. temperature °C 100°C

Memory support

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Intel Core i5 10400
Memory types DDR4 Dual-channel DDR4-2666
Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 51.196 GB/s 41.6 GB/s
ECC Support No No

iGPU

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Intel Core i5 10400
Integrated Graphics - Intel UHD Graphics 630
GPU Base Clock MHz 350 MHz
GPU Boost Clock MHz 1.1 MHz
Shading Units 192
TMUs 24
ROPs 3
TGP W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
TFLOPS
0.38 TFLOPS

Misc

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Intel Core i5 10400
Official site AMD Ryzen 5 3600 official page Intel Core i5 10400 official page
PCI Express Version 3
PCI Express Lanes 16

Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Intel Core i5 10400 or AMD Ryzen 5 3600?