Amd ryzen 5 3600 vs intel core i5-10400

Performance comparison with the benchmarks:

	CPU-Z — Multi-Thread & Single Thread Score
AMD Ryzen 5 3600	5094,039
Intel Core i5-10400	4523,461

	Cinebench R15 — Multi-Thread & Single Thread Score
AMD Ryzen 5 3600	1951,564
Intel Core i5-10400	1871,369

	Cinebench R20 — Multi-Thread & Single Thread Score
AMD Ryzen 5 3600	4323,524
Intel Core i5-10400	4323,138

	Cinebench R23 — Multi-Thread & Single Thread Score
AMD Ryzen 5 3600	1,2159,109
Intel Core i5-10400	1,1117,581

	PassMark — CPU Mark & single thread
AMD Ryzen 5 3600	2,57017,842
Intel Core i5-10400	2,58612,497

With Windows:

	Geekbench 4 — Multi-core & Single Core Score — Windows
AMD Ryzen 5 3600	5,72328,117
Intel Core i5-10400	5,03423,510

With Linux:

	Geekbench 4 — Multi-core & Single Core Score — Linux
AMD Ryzen 5 3600	5,78230,309
Intel Core i5-10400	5,56924,484

With Android:

	Geekbench 4 — Multi-core & Single Core Score — Android
AMD Ryzen 5 3600	5,61027,268
Intel Core i5-10400	4,67519,897

With Mac OS X:

	Geekbench 4 — Multi-core & Single Core Score — Mac OS X
AMD Ryzen 5 3600	5,54028,445
Intel Core i5-10400	5,55425,936

With Windows:

	Geekbench 5 — Multi-core & Single Core Score — Windows
AMD Ryzen 5 3600	1,2366,974
Intel Core i5-10400	1,1135,495

With Linux:

	Geekbench 5 — Multi-core & Single Core Score — Linux
AMD Ryzen 5 3600	1,2927,052
Intel Core i5-10400	1,2005,578

With macOS:

	Geekbench 5 — Multi-core & Single Core Score — macOS
AMD Ryzen 5 3600	1,2186,917
Intel Core i5-10400	1,0815,789

With Windows:

	Geekbench 6 — Multi-core & Single Core Score — Windows
AMD Ryzen 5 3600	1,6117,337
Intel Core i5-10400	1,5556,425

With Linux:

	Geekbench 6 — Multi-core & Single Core Score — Linux
AMD Ryzen 5 3600	1,4687,222
Intel Core i5-10400	1,4206,472

With macOS:

	Geekbench 6 — Multi-core & Single Core Score — macOS
AMD Ryzen 5 3600	1,5837,303
Intel Core i5-10400	1,5356,434

Bottom Line

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Header Cell — Column 0	Intel Core i5-11400	AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Features and Specifications	X	Row 0 — Cell 2
Gaming	X	Row 1 — Cell 2
Application Performance	X	Row 2 — Cell 2
Overclocking	Row 3 — Cell 1	X
Power Consumption, Efficiency, and Cooling	Row 4 — Cell 1	X
Pricing and Value Proposition	X	Row 5 — Cell 2
Total	5	2

Here’s the tale of the tape: Intel wins the Core i5-11400 vs Ryzen 5 3600 battle convincingly with a five to two advantage. It is surprising to see AMD so unprepared in the face of Intel’s lower-priced chips, but the company’s premium pricing has nullified Zen 3’s impact on the entry-level gaming market, leaving Intel an opening that it is all too happy to exploit.
As a whole, the Core i5-11400 is the uncontested budget gaming rig champion. The 11400 is plenty adept in our full gamut of application tests, particularly in single-threaded performance. It also serves up plenty of threaded horsepower, particularly if you top it with a more capable cooler. With a better cooler, the 11400 matches the Ryzen 5 3600 even with the power limits strictly enforced. Removing the power limits gives it the uncontested lead in threaded work. 

Intel even throws in memory overclocking, a first, if you use a B560 or H570 chipset (or Z-series, as usual). As you can see in our results, that boosts performance in many games and applications, but for a minimum of effort. 
Remember that the effective range of the Gear 1 mode only stretches to ~DDR4-3800, so don’t waste cash on an expensive kit. Pairing tuned memory with uncorked power limits is the closest you’ll get to overclocking with the 11400, as it comes with its core frequency multipliers locked. That doesn’t matter too much, though, as an 11400 at stock settings outperforms an overclocked Ryzen 5 3600. 

You can currently find previous-gen Comet Lake chips, like the Core i5-10400, at really great pricing, but we think you’ll enjoy the higher single-threaded performance and support for the PCIe 4.0 interface that comes with the Rocket Lake Core i5-11400. It will certainly give you more performance headroom for future upgrades, too.   

AMD simply doesn’t have a suitable chip in this price range to contend with the Core i5-11400. The Ryzen 5 3600 suffers from a severe shortage, and thus higher pricing, while the Core i5-11400 is widely available. Even at its suggested $200 MSRP, or even well below that mark, the Ryzen 5 3600 isn’t a real contender against the Core i5-11400 due to its now-aging Zen 2 architecture.
For now, the Core i5-11400 takes the crown for the sub-$200 gaming CPU market in largely uncontested fashion, and given the current state of the chip shortages, we don’t think that will change very soon. There are rumblings of a Ryzen XT-like refresh cycle coming soon, but it doesn’t appear to include a new lower-tier chip to address the Core i5-11400, meaning it will likely continue to reign uncontested for the remainder of the year. 

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Core i5-11400 vs Ryzen 5 3600 Test System Configurations

Intel Socket 1200 (Z590)	Core i9-11900K, Core i5-11600K, Core i5-10600K, Core i5-11400, Core i3-10100
Row 1 — Cell 0	ASUS Maximus XIII Hero
Row 2 — Cell 0	2x 8GB Trident Z Royal DDR4-3600 — 10th-Gen: Stock: DDR4-2933, OC: DDR4-4000, 11th-Gen varies, outlined above
AMD Socket AM4 (X570)	AMD Ryzen 5 5600X, 3600X, 3600. 3300X, 3400G
	MSI MEG X570 Godlike
Row 5 — Cell 0	2x 8GB Trident Z Royal DDR4-3600 — Stock: DDR4-3200, OC: DDR4-4000, DDR4-3600
All Systems	Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3090 Eagle — Gaming and ProViz applications
Row 7 — Cell 0	Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti FE — Application tests
	2TB Intel DC4510 SSD
	EVGA Supernova 1600 T2, 1600W
Row 10 — Cell 0	Open Benchtable
	Windows 10 Pro version 2004 (build 19041.450)
Cooling	Corsair H115i, Custom loop

Pricing And Availability

There are two ways for you to look at the prices of these processors, and you have to decide whether to give one or the other credit for the lower price.

There is no doubt that the launch price of Intel Core i5 10400F was much lower than that of AMD Ryen 5 3600. There was a difference of nearly $50 in their prices, with Intel’s chip offering you the chance to save those $50. 

However, with time, the prices of these processors continue to decrease, so it is very possible for you to find them at precisely the same price or maybe Ryzen 5 3600 at a lower price too. 

So, upon checking on Amazon, we found that both processors are easily available in the $120 to $150 range. You will find Core i5 10400F more in the $130 and $160 range. On the other hand, some AMD Ryzen 5 3600 options out there are priced as low as $124. If you are scratching your head in confusion, here’s something that’ll help you decide. 

Do you value having a cooler with your processor? Well, if your answer is yes, you surely want to go with AMD Ryzen 5 3600 because it comes with a Wraith Stealth Cooler at that price stated above, whereas Intel Core i5 10400F comes stripped of that luxury. 

Overclocking Ryzen 5 3600 vs Core i5-11400

We have reached the land of diminishing returns for overclocking the highest-end chips from both AMD and Intel, largely because both companies are engaged in a heated dogfight for performance superiority. As a result, much of the overclocking frequency headroom is rolled into standard stock performance, leaving little room for tuners, making memory and fabric overclocking all the more important. However, there are still plenty of advantages to overclocking/tuning the midrange models, which impacts our Ryzen 5 3600 vs Core i5-11400 battle. Just be aware that your mileage may vary.
Intel has long restricted overclocking to its pricey K-series models, while AMD freely allows overclocking with all SKUs on almost any platform, earning plenty of cachet with enthusiasts. However, we see signs of some improvement here from Intel, as it has now enabled memory overclocking on its B560 and H570 chipsets across the board. That means that you can now overclock the memory on Intel’s locked chips, like the Core i5-11400. That said, Intel’s new paradigm of Gear 1 and Gear 2 modes does reduce the value of memory overclocking, which you can read more about here.

As before, you can lift Intel’s recommended power limits to get a sort of quasi-overclock, but while remaining in warranty. As we’ve shown above, that gives performance a nice kick, especially when paired with overclocked memory. However,  this technique still falls far short of fully unlocked multipliers that allow you to boost clock rates, and it doesn’t look like Intel will unlock its full lineup any time soon.   
AMD’s Ryzen 5 3600 comes with innovative boost technology that largely consumes most of the available frequency headroom, so there is precious little room for bleeding-edge all-core overclocks. In fact, all-core overclocking with AMD’s chips is lackluster; you’re often better off using its auto-overclocking Precision Boost Overdrive 2 (PBO2) feature that boosts multi-threaded performance. AMD also has plenty of Curve Optimization features that leverage undervolting to increase boost activity. However, as we can see in our performance results, there is still some room on the table for additional performance via automated overclocking for the Ryzen processors. 

Winner: AMD

There’s still plenty of room to boost performance via overclocking in the budget end of the gaming PC spectrum, and Intel’s new move to allow memory overclocking with locked chips on its latest motherboards is encouraging. However, even though you can gain quite a bit of extra performance, Intel’s segmentation still prevents us from fully tweaking the processor via multiplier-based frequency overclocking.
In contrast, AMD’s Ryzen 5 3600 is fully overclockable on nearly every platform (except A-series), giving it the win in this category. The company’s auto-overclocking PBO feature is also another notable advantage.

Differences

There are more differences between these two processors than there are similarities. In most cases, you would notice that AMD Ryzen 5 3600 has some great advantages and upgrades over the i5 10400F despite the fact that the latter was launched later. 

Moreover, you have a better RAM integration on Ryzen 5 3600 with support for DDR4-3200 memory than DDR4-2666 support on i5 10400F. The difference is only very small, but it’s there, and any small advantage that AMD has over Intel is highly appreciated because you, the customer, will be getting more bang for your buck. 

There are some other major architectural differences, such as the process size being 7 nm on AMD processor and 14 nm on an Intel processor. Let’s also not forget that AMD Ryzen 5 3600 will be compatible with PCIe 4.0, allowing for better bandwidths and data transfers compared to PCIe 3.0 compatibility on i5 10400F. 

It is essential to mention here that a higher transistor count can mean better performance on newer CPUs and computer components. The transistor count of 3800 million on Ryzen 5 3600 is known, but most people online are still wondering about the transistor count on Intel Core i5 10400F.

Last but not least, let’s not close out our differences section without mentioning the tremendously impressive L3 Cache on Ryzen 5 3600. You are getting 32 MB L3 cache, which could mean improved overall performance of the entire system. On the other hand, Intel has stuck to only 12 MB on its L3 cache. 

Pricing and Value of AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs Intel Core i5-11400

The Ryzen 5 3600 has long been the value champion, but the supply of this chip is volatile as of the time of writing, to put it lightly, leading to price gouging. This high pricing comes as a byproduct of a combination of unprecedented demand and pandemic-spurred supply chain issues. Still, it certainly destroys the value proposition of the Ryzen 5 3600, especially given that it trails in several facets of performance. (Be aware that the pricing and availability of these chips can change drastically in very short periods of time, and they go in and out of stock frequently, reducing the accuracy of many price tracking tools.)
The Ryzen 5 3600 currently retails for $245 at Amazon through a third-party seller, and that’s the only outlet with the chip in stock. The Ryzen 5 3600 had a $200 MSRP at launch, but it has routinely sold for far less, even bottoming out at just $160 last year. We’re sure AMD is prioritizing its higher-margin parts, like the Ryzen 5000 series, so this high pricing is actually to be expected during the shortage, but it’s still discouraging.
Meanwhile, the Core i5-11400 is in stock at multiple retailers either at or near its $183 MSRP. The Core i5-11400F is the value chip right now, but it is becoming harder to find. This chip carries a $153 MSRP, but we found it at a few retailers for ~$175. This chip recently bottomed out at $165 at Newegg, but that retailer no longer has stock.
Here’s the breakdown (naturally, this will vary):

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Header Cell — Column 0	Suggested Price	Current (volatile for 3600)	Price Per Core
Core i5-11400	$183	$183 to $190	~$30
Ryzen 5 3600	$200	$245 (in stock at one outlet)	~$40
Core i5-11400F	$153	$175 (spotty availability)	~$29

Winner: IntelEven at recommended pricing for both chips, Intel’s aggressive pricing makes the Core i5-11400 a winner. However, the company also wins this stage of the battle convincingly based on an almost insurmountable advantage: You can actually find the 11400 readily available at retail for close to its suggested tray pricing. With much cheaper pricing both on a per-core and absolute basis, not to mention its performance advantages, the Core i5-11400 is the better buy.
The Core i5-11400F is plenty attractive if you don’t need integrated graphics, but its current $175 price tag takes some of the shine off the loss of the iGPU. For another eight bucks, you can get the full-featured chip. However, pricing is dynamic, so we could see that come down soon.
AMD’s decision to prioritize its high-margin Ryzen 5000 chips instead of releasing a new Zen 3 challenger in this price bracket has left a gaping hole in its product stack that Intel is all too happy to exploit. Given the state of the shortages, we don’t expect the Ryzen 5 3600 pricing to improve any time soon. In either case, it would need to be priced significantly lower than the Core i5-11400 to make any sense. 

Интегрированная графика

тактовая частота ГП
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350MHz

Графический процессор (GPU) имеет более высокую тактовую частоту.

турбо ГПУ
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1100MHz

Когда графический процессор работает ниже своих лимитов, он может перейти на более высокую тактовую частоту, чтобы увеличить производительность.

исполнительные устройства GPU
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Графический процессор (GPU) с большим количеством исполнительных блоков может обеспечить лучшую графику.

поддержка мониторов
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Используя несколько дисплеев вы можете увеличить рабочее пространство, что облегчает работу в нескольких приложениях.

версия DirectX
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DirectX используется в играх с новой версией, поддерживающей лучшую графику.

версия OpenGL
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4.5

Чем новее версия OpenGL, тем более качественная графика в играх.

версия OpenCL

Неизвестно. Помогите нам, предложите стоимость. (AMD Ryzen 5 3600)

3

Некоторые приложения используют OpenCL, чтобы использовать мощности графического процессора (GPU) для неграфических вычислений. Новые версии более функциональны и качественны.

текстурированные единицы (блоков TMU)
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Блоки TMU принимают текстурированные единицы и привязывают их к геометрическому расположению 3D-сцены. Больше блоков TMU, как правило, означает, что текстурированная информация обрабатывается быстрее.

блоки визуализации ROPs
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Блоки ROPs несут ответственность за некоторые из заключительных шагов процесса визуализации, например,запись окончательных данных пикселя в память и для выполнения других задач, таких как сглаживание, чтобы улучшить внешний вид графики.

Similarities

Let’s begin with the similarities between Core i5 10400F vs Ryzen 5 3600. Not that it’s an attempt to convince one side in favor of the other side, but it clearly explains that there are certain common grounds between the two rivaling processors. 

Also Read: Ryzen 5 3600 vs Ryzen 5 5600x

So, the first thing to note is the cores and threads on the two CPUs, where both come head to head with identical specifications. They have 6 main cores with 12 threads to take the extra workload when you overclock them. So, in terms of the main task-handling power, you have similar menu processors. 

Another aspect that appears to be similar between the two is that they both can be hyperthreaded or overclocked. The overclocked speeds are also quite similar, with Ryzen topping off at 4.20 GHz and i5 10400F at 4.30 GHz. 

There are some similarities in their downsides, which may be a bit disappointing for some. For example, you don’t get integrated graphics with either of them. If you did, you wouldn’t be paying the price you are currently paying for both. In other words, they would be quite expensive. 

The memory channels on both are dual, with both supporting up to 128 GB of RAM. However, there is a huge win for AMD here, which you will know when you read the differences between the two CPUs.

AMD Ryzen 3000 Series Desktop CPUs Division

CPU	Cores/Threads	Base Clock	Boost Clock	**Cache (L2+L3)	**PCIe Lanes (Gen 4 CPU+PCH)	TDP	Launch Price
Ryzen 9 3950X	16/32	3.5 GHz	4.7 GHz	72 MB	40	105W	$749 US
Ryzen 9 3900XT	12/24	3.8 GHz	4.7 GHz	70 MB	40	105W	$499 US
Ryzen 9 3900X	12/24	3.8 GHz	4.6 GHz	70 MB	40	105W	$499 US
Ryzen 7 3800XT	8/16	3.9 GHz	4.7 GHz	36 MB	40	105W	$399 US
Ryzen 7 3800X	8/16	3.9 GHz	4.5 GHz	36 MB	40	105W	$399 US
Ryzen 7 3700X	8/16	3.6 GHz	4.4 GHz	36 MB	40	65W	$329 US
Ryzen 5 3600XT	6/12	3.8 GHz	4.5 GHz	36 MB	40	95W	$249 US
Ryzen 5 3600X	6/12	3.8 GHz	4.4 GHz	35 MB	40	95W	$249 US
Ryzen 5 3600	6/12	3.6 GHz	4.2 GHz	35 MB	40	65W	$199 US
Ryzen 5 3500X (China Only)	6/6	3.6 GHz	4.1 GHz	35 MB	40	65W	$159 US
Ryzen 3 3300X	4/8	3.8 GHz	4.3 GHz	18 MB	Not confirmed	65W	$120
Ryzen 3 3100	4/8	3.6 GHz	3.9 GHz	18 MB	Not confirmed	65W	$99

Intel Core i5 10400F vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600 – Which One Should You Buy?

In many reviews, deciding between the two options becomes quite difficult because both products have their strengths and weaknesses. More importantly, different people have different preferences, so the decision isn’t really that straightforward to make after all. 

In this case, there are 3 paths in front of you, and you can pick the one that you think sounds most appealing. First, you can decide on the basis of your specific needs. If you want a processor for gaming, you want to go with Intel Core i5 10400F. If you create content and like something to increase your productivity in creating 3D animations, editing videos, archiving files, etc., you would be better off with AMD Ryzen 5 3600.

What’s the third path, you may ask? Well, that’s the most trodden path out of all, i.e., value for money. The prices of the two processors seem to be quite similar at the moment. The deciding factor, however, can be the cooler coming with the processor. You have one processor coming with the cooler and the other one without. 

As you may have guessed, AMD Ryen 5 3600 comes with its own cooler, which is Wraith Stealth Cooler. Intel’s chip comes naked and requires you to remove your old processor only to replace it with a new one. Hey! Don’t forget that you have an unlocked multiplier on your AMD chip, allowing you to overclock it with much more liberty than you would overclock Intel’s processor. In any case, we hope that you enjoyed reading our Core i5 10400F vs Ryzen 5 3600 guide. 

Common Questions Answered

Does AMD Ryzen 5 3600 come with integrated graphics?

No, AMD Ryen 5 3600 does not come with integrated graphics. 

Does Intel Core i5 10400F come with integrated graphics?

No, Intel Core i5 10400F does not come with integrated graphics. Remember that the 10400 version (without the F at the end) has integrated graphics. However, any CPU number ending with F from Intel comes without integrated graphics.

Can I use a PCIe 4.0 component in a PCIe 3.0 slot?

Yes, you can use a PCIe-compliant component in a PCIe 4.0 slot, but you will get the performance of a 3.0 slot from this component. All PCIe slots are backward compatible.

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AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT V/s Intel Core i5-10400 1080p Gaming Benchmarks:

Game Title	**Intel Core i5-10400 (Avg FPS)	**AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT (Avg FPS)
World War Z (Vulkan)	162 FPS	160 FPS
CS:GO	349.56 FPS	351.49 FPS
Shadow of The Tomb Raider (DX12)	116 FPS	115 FPS
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint (Vulkan)	129 FPS	126 FPS
Metro Exodus (DX12)	74.34 FPS	73.29 FPS
Rainbow Six Siege	307 FPS	303 FPS
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey	78 FPS	81 FPS
Borderlands 3 (DX12)	82.46 FPS	79.64 FPS

In CS:GO (1080p), the Ryzen 5 3600XT dealt with a little lead of 351.49 FPS versus 349.56 FPS for the Core i5-10400. In Shadow of the Tomb Raider (1080p DX12), the Ryzen 5 3600XT scored 115 normal FPS versus 116 FPS on the Core i5-10400.

In Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: BreakPoint where the Ryzen 5 3600XT scored 126 FPS under 1080p with Vulkan API while the Core i5-10400 held a lead of 3 FPS with 129 FPS. The two CPUs held 60 FPS least framerate yet the Core i5-10400 dealt with a higher max framerate of 192 FPS. Metro Exodus (1080p DX12) saw the Core i5-10400 holding its lead with 74.34 FPS while the Ryzen 5 3600XT wasn’t a long way behind with 73.29 FPS.

Comparison Table

CPU	Ryzen 5 3600	i5 10400F
Physical cores	6	6
Threads	12	12
Base clock speed	3.6 GHz	2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.2 GHz	4.3 GHz
L1 cache	384 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	3 MB	256K (per core)
L3 cache	32 MB (shared)	12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	7 nm, 12 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	no data	100 °C
Integrated Graphics	None	None
Number of transistors	4,800 million	no data
64 bit support	Yes	Yes
Windows 11 compatibility	Yes	Yes
Unlocked multiplier	Yes	No
TDP	65 W	65 W
Launch Price	$199	$155
Launched	2019 Q3	2020 Q2
Best Motherboards	Best Motherboards For Ryzen 5 3600
Best Coolers	Best CPU Coolers for Ryzen 5 3600

Productivity Benchmarks

You now know which processor you want to get if you are a gamer. But what if you are not a gamer? Will you still have to choose one of the CPUs based on its gaming benchmarks? No, you don’t have to. We’ll not have these processors battle each other in a productivity benchmark ordeal. 

We’ll conduct multiple benchmark tests to verify the performance of single cores, multiple cores, and overall processors while handling different tasks. If you are a content creator, these are the benchmarks you must consider. 

Providing us with the benchmarks will be PC Benchmarks on YouTube. Here is the rig being used to test the two processors. 

Testing Rig

• CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 3600
• Motherboard 1: MSI X570 Mobo
• CPU 2: Intel Core i5 10400F
• Motherboard 2: MSI Z490 Mobo
• Memory: 2 x 16 GB DDR4 3200 MHz RAM
• GPU: Nvidia RTX 3060Ti

CineBench R20

Cinebench productivity benchmarks

• The single core score on Core i5 10400F is 439.
• The single core score on Ryzen 5 3600 is much higher at 492.
• AMD Ryzen 5 3600 is leagues ahead of Intel Core i5 10400F with a multi-core score of 3794.
• Core i5 10400F is nearly 500 points behind Ryzen 5 3600 at only 3206.

Also Read: Ryzen 7 3800x vs Ryzen 5 5600x

7-Zip File Manager

7 Zip File Manager Productivity Benchmarks

• Ryzen 5 3600 is the clear winner in both compressing and decompressing files.
• Compression scores on Ryzen 5 3600 and Core i5 10400F, respectively, are 56850 and 52301.
• Decompression was performed by Core i5 10400F with a score of 52301.
• AMD Ryzen 5 3600 is miles ahead in decompression with a score of 71998.

Adobe Premiere Pro CC

Adobe Premiere Pro Productivity Benchmarks

• The test shows how long it takes for each CPU to export a 4K YouTube video.
• Ryzen 5 3600 took 889 seconds to complete the job.
• Core i5 10400F took 993 seconds to complete the same job.
• AMD Ryzen 5 3600 is the better CPU with more than 10% faster than Core i5 10400F.

Blender

Blender Productivity Benchmarks

• The benchmark tests both CPUs based on the time they take to render a 3D sample.
• Intel Core i5 10400F took 1338 seconds to render the 3D sample.
• AMD Ryzen 5 3600 took 1232 seconds to complete the same rendering task.
• AMD Ryzen 5 3600 beats Intel Core i5 10400F with an 8% faster speed.

Corona 1.3

Corona 1.3 Productivity Benchmarks

• Corona 1.3 is used for creating smartphone and desktop applications, and the CPU that takes less time to render an application is the winner.
• AMD Ryzen 5 3600 takes 144 seconds to complete the rendering task.
• Intel Core i5 10400F finishes the same job in 153 seconds.
• AMD Ryzen 5 3600 is the winner, but not by a big margin in this particular test.

Handbrake

Handbrake Productivity Bnechmarks

• This benchmark tests the productivity of the two CPUs based on how fast they transcode a video.
• Intel Core i5 10400F spends 559 seconds transcoding the sample file.
• AMD Ryzen 5 3600 transcodes the same video file in 491 seconds.
• AMD Ryzen 5 3600 offers improved transcoding speeds with a 12% improvement.

Overall Productivity Performance

There is no doubt that Ryzen 5 3600 has taken a clear lead in Core i5 10400F vs Ryzen 5 3600 productivity benchmarks. It’s like these two CPUs were made with completely different aims. When we tested them against each other for their gaming performance, Intel Core i5 10400F came out as the clear winner, but AMD Ryzen 5 3600 has done exactly the same to its rival in these tests. 

Throughout the tests, there was no respite for Intel as its CPU never came to beat AMD’s chip. Yes, if you consider the difference in performance, it might not seem huge, but it’s there, and you can’t ignore it. 

However, one important piece of information must not go without being noticed here. It’s that Intel was able to launch its chip at a much lower price than AMD’s chip. That occurrence is rarer than a solar eclipse, but it happened with the launch of Core i5 10400F. You have to give Intel credit for launching a processor almost 8 months later and still pricing it lower. 

In other words, the difference in productivity performance is there, but the lead taken by AMD gets marred by the fact that Intel’s chip is much more budget-friendly this time around. Not to mention, it comes with the extra perk of offering better in-game performance.

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What We Learned

Is the Core i5-10400 worth the $182 asking price? Probably not, but hey, it’s competing against the extremely aggressive and awesome Ryzen 3600.

In our opinion, the key issue for Intel is AMD’s aggressive pricing. Although the Ryzen 5 3600 should be the slightly more expensive CPU at ~$200, for the past few weeks it’s been selling for just $175 (or even less, as of writing).

As you just witnessed, when it comes to gaming performance the Core i5 processor is roughly on par with the 3600, while for productivity tasks AMD’s offering is often up to 10% faster while consuming a similar level of power. If you will be adding a graphics card to your build, then the slightly less expensive i5-10400F should prove a better value. Thus, you could argue the price difference between the AMD and Intel processors is a wash.

But when you factor in the platform and board cost, it’s a bleaker picture for Intel. A decent Z490 board like the Tomahawk will set you back $190, whereas the B450 Tomahawk costs just $115 — a $75 price disparity. Both CPUs come with box coolers and neither is particularly impressive. But with a good motherboard, the i5-10400 will end up costing more if you want to take advantage of faster memory. There are cheaper $150 Z490 motherboards but they’re bloody awful, with weak VRMs and lackluster feature sets, you 100% shouldn’t buy them.

Assuming decent Intel B460 motherboards can match the B450 Tomahawk in terms of quality and features, that’ll see the 10400 cost about the same as a Ryzen 3600 rig but limited to DDR4-2666 memory, where it was typically slower than the 3600 in games, and up to 20% slower in applications.

All in all, the Core i5-10400 is a good CPU, it just has it tough competing with the Ryzen 5 3600 which is a better value option for most. If you happen to end up with a 10400, you’ll be happy with the performance.