AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X vs Intel Core i5-9400F. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3000 Intel Core i 9000
• Family
  Ryzen Threadripper Intel Core i5
• Form Factor
  Desktops / Boxed Processor -
• Generation
  3 9
• Predecessor
  - Intel Core i5-8400
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Series
  Ryzen Threadripper 3000 Series -
• Successor
  - Intel Core i5-10400F

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  2.9 GHz 2.9 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  64 6
• CPU Threads
  128 6
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Max. Boost Clock
  4.3 GHz -
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.3 GHz 4.1 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (64 Cores)
  3.2 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  - 3.9 GHz

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
  None None

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

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  No No
• VC-1
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-9400F and AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes No
• Max. Memory
  2048 GB 128 GB
• Memory channels
  4 2
• Memory type
  DDR4 DDR4-2666
• PCIe
  PCIe 4.0 -
• PCIe lanes
  72 16
• PCIe version
  4.0 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X and Intel Core i5-9400F Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Default TDP
  280 W -
• Maximum Operating Temperature
  95 °C 100 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  280 W 65 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X and Intel Core i5-9400F, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Castle Peak (Zen 2) Coffee Lake S Refresh
• Codename
  Castle Peak -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L1-Cache
  4 MB -
• L2-Cache
  32 MB -
• L3-Cache
  256 MB 9 MB
• Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
  100-100000163WOF -
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  100-000000163 -
• Operating systems
  Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit -
• Release date
  2020-02-07 Q1/2019
• Socket
  sTRX4 LGA 1151-2
• Technology
  TSMC 7nm FinFET 14 nm
• Thermal Solution (PIB)
  Cooler Not Included, Liquid Cooling Recommended -
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d