Intel Core i5-8400 vs AMD Ryzen 5-1600 Full Comparison

Info	Intel Core i5 8400	AMD Ryzen 5-1600
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Intel Core i5 8400 Specs

Comparison	Intel Core i5 8400
Series	Core i5 8th Gen
Core Name	Coffee Lake
Socket	LGA1151
Integrated Graphics	Intel UHD Graphics 630
CPU Cores	6
CPU Threads	6
CPU Clock Rate	2800MHz
CPU Turbo Clock Rate	4000MHz
TDP	65W
CPU Cooler included
Manufacturing Process	14 nm
Maximum Supported Memory	64GB
Cache L3	9MB

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AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Specs

Comparison	AMD Ryzen 5 1600
Series	Ryzen 5
Core Name	Summit Ridge
Socket	AM4
Integrated Graphics	None
CPU Cores	6
CPU Threads	12
CPU Clock Rate	3200MHz
CPU Turbo Clock Rate	3600MHz
TDP	65W
CPU Cooler included
Manufacturing Process	14 nm
Cache L3	16MB

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Intel Core i5-8400 vs AMD Ryzen 5-1600 Comparison & Review

Intel Core i5-8400 vs AMD Ryzen 5-1600 Full Comparison. Intel Core i5-8400 is a Hexa Core 8th Generation CPU while AMD Ryzen 5-1600 is Ryzen 5 newly released processor. intel Core i5 is based on Coffee Lake while AMD Ryzen 5 is based on AMD Zen architecture. this is the first time that the i5 processor comes with 6-Cores, released with another processor called unlocked i5-8600K. AMD Ryzen 5 1600 is also a 6-core processor and is a gaming processor that is able to run many PC Games. i5 8400 featured in both Skylake and Kaby Lake, Ryzen 5 1600 is best for gamers and is better than 8-cores Ryzen 7 by comparing with performance and price.

Cache Comparison

Intel i5 8400 has 64K (per core) of level Cache, while AMD Ryzen 5 1600 96K (per core) off level 1 Cache. Intel i5 8400 had 256K (per core) offer level 2 Cache, while AMD Ryzen 5 1600 has 512K (per core) off level 2 Cache. Intel i5 8400 has 9MB (shared) of Level 3 Cache, will AMD Ryzen 5 1600 has 16MB (shared) of Level 3 Cache. In terms of Cache AMD Ryzen 5 1600 is better than Intel Core i5 8400.

Intel Core i5 8400 supports up to 128 GB of DDR4 memory, mobile AMD Ryzen 5 1600 support port up to 64 GB of DDR4 memory. Both Intel i5 8400 and AMD Ryzen 5 1600 have 2 memory slots. The memory Bandwidth of Intel core i5 8400 is 41.6 GB/s while the maximum Memory Bandwidth of AMD Ryzen 5 1600 is 39.74 GB/s. Real also Intel core i5 8400 is better than AMD Ryzen 5 1600 in terms of Memory support Bandwidth.

Frequency

Intel Core i5 8400 has the CPU base frequency is 2.8 GHz while the Turbo Boost frequency is 4 GHz. AMD Ryzen 5 1600 is a CPU base frequency is 3.2 GHz, while the turbo boost frequency is 3.6 GHz. Both have the same BUS frequency which 100MHz. Intel Core i5 8400 has 6 Threads while AMD Ryzen 5 1600 has 12 Threads. Intel i5 8400 and AMD Ryzen 5 1600 both are desktop-based CPUs.

Intel Core i5 8400 is released on 5 Oct 2017 while AMD Ryzen 5 1600 was released on 11 April 2017. The launch price of Intel Core i5 is $182 while the launch price of AMD Ryzen 5 1600 is $219.

Benefit’s of Intel Core i5 8400

Intel Core i5 8400 supports up to 128 GB while AMD Ryzen supports up to 64 GB.
Intel Core i5 8400 is 6 months newer than AMD Ryzen 5.
Core i5 8400 an integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630.
i5 8400 has an 11% higher Turbo Boost frequency than AMD Ryzen 5.
i5 8400 is also 14% faster than AMD in the single-core Geekbench v5 test.

Benefits of AMD Ryzen 5 1600

Unlocked multiplier
AMD has a 7 MB larger L3 cache size

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