AMD Ryzen 5 5500
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AMD Ryzen 5 5500 vs Intel Core i5-10400F. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
Q2/2022
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
Released
Q2/2020
Overall score
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Intel Core i5-10400F
Intel Core i5-10400F

What's the best choice AMD Ryzen 5 5500 or Intel Core i5-10400F? Which processor is faster?

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

AMD Ryzen 5 5500 has a maximum frequency of 3.60 GHz. 6 / 12 Cores. Power consumption of 65 W. Released in Q2/2022.

Intel Core i5-10400F has a maximum frequency of 2.90 GHz. 6 Cores. Power consumption of 65 W. Released in Q2/2020.

Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 5500 Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    319 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 19% better clock speed

    3.60 GHz left arrow 2.90 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 5 5500 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    162 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    162 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    114 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    165 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    57 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    177 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    290 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    455 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    254 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
    159 place
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    468 left arrow score
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 2 % better overclocked clock speed

    4.30 GHz left arrow 4.20 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i5-10400F CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    260 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    218 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    234 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    212 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    168 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    239 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    389 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    453 place
  • Monero Hashrate kH/s
    91 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    449 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Ryzen 5 5500 AMD Ryzen 5 5500
Intel Core i5-10400F Intel Core i5-10400F
CPU family and group

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

  • Family
    AMD Ryzen left arrow Intel Core i5
  • CPU group
    AMD Ryzen 5000G left arrow Intel Core i 10000
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Generation
    4 left arrow 10
  • Predecessor
    -- left arrow Intel Core i5-9400F
  • Successor
    -- left arrow Intel Core i5-11400F
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.

  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow No
  • Frequency
    3.60 GHz left arrow 2.90 GHz
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
    no iGPU left arrow no iGPU
  • GPU frequency
    -- left arrow
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
  • Execution units
    -- left arrow
  • Shader
    -- left arrow
  • Max. displays
    -- left arrow
  • Generation
    -- left arrow
  • Technology
    -- left arrow
  • Release date
    -- left arrow
Hardware codec support

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-10400F and AMD Ryzen 5 5500. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR4-3200 left arrow DDR4-2666
  • Max. Memory
    64 GB left arrow 128 GB
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • ECC
    No left arrow No
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 5500 and Intel Core i5-10400F to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    65 W left arrow 65 W
  • TDP down
    45 W left arrow --
  • Tjunction max.
    95 °C left arrow 100 °C
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 5 5500 and AMD Ryzen 5 5500, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
  • L2-Cache
    3.00 MB left arrow --
  • L3-Cache
    16.00 MB left arrow 12.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Cezanne (Zen 3) left arrow Comet Lake S
  • Technology
    7 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V, SVM left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
  • Socket
    AM4 left arrow LGA 1200
  • Release date
    Q2/2022 left arrow Q2/2020

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD Ryzen 5 5500 and Intel Core i5-10400F.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Maxon's Cinebench R23 SC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading
1370
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
1110
Intel Core i5-10400F
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Maxon's Cinebench R23 MC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows using a multi-core and hyperthreading
10605
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
7610
Intel Core i5-10400F
Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R20 SC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading
535
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
450
Intel Core i5-10400F
Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R20 MC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, using a multi-core and hyperthreading
4086
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
3197
Intel Core i5-10400F
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
The Cinebench R15 SC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware
221
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
190
Intel Core i5-10400F
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
The Cinebench R15 MC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware
1714
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
1341
Intel Core i5-10400F
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
1355
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
1164
Intel Core i5-10400F
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
5979
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
6014
Intel Core i5-10400F

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