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AMD Ryzen 7 5700U vs Intel Core i5-9400. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q1/2021
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
Released
Q2/2019
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Intel Core i5-9400
Intel Core i5-9400

What's the best choice AMD Ryzen 7 5700U or Intel Core i5-9400? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

AMD Ryzen 7 5700U has a maximum frequency of 1.80 GHz. 8 Cores. Power consumption of 15 W. Released in Q1/2021.

Intel Core i5-9400 has a maximum frequency of 2.90 GHz. 6 Cores. Power consumption of 65 W. Released in Q2/2019.

Differences

AMD Ryzen 7 5700U Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    418 left arrow score
  • More number of cores

    2 times more cores

    8 left arrow 6
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 5% better overclocked clock speed

    4.30 GHz left arrow 4.10 GHz
  • Performance per watt

    times less performance per watt

    15 W left arrow 65 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 7 5700U CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    195 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    177 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    159 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    203 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    375 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    416 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    114 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    341 place
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    656 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 38% better clock speed

    2.90 GHz left arrow 1.80 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i5-9400 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    233 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    318 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    468 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    565 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    882 place
  • Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
    92 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    30 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    164 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    461 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
Intel Core i5-9400 Intel Core i5-9400
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • Segment
    Mobile left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Family
    AMD Ryzen left arrow Intel Core i5
  • Generation
    4 left arrow 9
  • CPU group
    AMD Ryzen 5000U left arrow Intel Core i 9000
  • Predecessor
    -- left arrow Intel Core i5-8400
  • Successor
    -- left arrow Intel Core i5-10400
CPU Technical specs

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

  • Frequency
    1.80 GHz left arrow 2.90 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    8 left arrow 6
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    4.30 GHz left arrow 4.10 GHz
  • CPU Threads
    16 left arrow 6
  • Hyperthreading
    Yes left arrow No
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • GPU name
    AMD Radeon 8 Graphics (Renoir) left arrow Intel UHD Graphics 630
  • GPU frequency
    1.90 GHz left arrow 0.35 GHz
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow 1.05 GHz
  • Execution units
    8 left arrow 24
  • Shader
    512 left arrow 192
  • Max. GPU Memory
    2 GB left arrow 64 GB
  • Max. displays
    3 left arrow 3
  • Generation
    9 left arrow 9.5
  • DirectX Version
    12 left arrow 12
  • Technology
    7 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Release date
    Q1/2020 left arrow Q4/2017
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h264
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP8
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    Decode left arrow Decode
  • JPEG
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-9400 and AMD Ryzen 7 5700U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR4-3200 left arrow DDR4-2666
  • Max. Memory
    32 GB left arrow 128 GB
  • ECC
    Yes left arrow No
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • PCIe version
    3.0 left arrow 3.0
  • PCIe lanes
    12 left arrow 16
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 7 5700U and Intel Core i5-9400 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    15 W left arrow 65 W
  • TDP up
    25 W left arrow --
  • TDP down
    10 W left arrow --
  • Tjunction max.
    105 °C left arrow 100 °C
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 7 5700U and AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V, SVM left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
  • L3-Cache
    8.00 MB left arrow 9.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Lucienne (Zen 2) left arrow Coffee Lake S Refresh
  • Technology
    7 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Socket
    FP6 left arrow LGA 1151-2
  • Release date
    Q1/2021 left arrow Q2/2019

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD Ryzen 7 5700U and Intel Core i5-9400.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
1176
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
1077
Intel Core i5-9400
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
6524
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
4629
Intel Core i5-9400
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
The performance of the iGPU - the internal GPU in games
1946
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
403
Intel Core i5-9400
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
PassMark is a test suite that performs complex mathematical calculations to determine CPU performance on file compression, encryption and physics-related tasks
16374
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
12051
Intel Core i5-9400

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