AMD Ryzen 5 1600X vs Intel Core i5-8400

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X $249
Intel Core i5-8400 $182
6 Cores
12 Threads
3.6GHz Clock
6 Cores
6 Threads
2.8GHz Clock
Socket
AM4
Socket
LGA 1151
iGPU
No GPU
- -
iGPU
UHD 630 1050MHz
400 GFLOPS FP32

GB6 Single-Core

  • 18% slower vs Core i5-8400
  • 22% faster vs Ryzen 5 1600X
Ryzen 5 1600X - GB6S 1,130
x1
Core i5-8400 - GB6S 1,375
x1.22

GB6 Multi-Core

  • 9% faster vs Core i5-8400
  • 8% slower vs Ryzen 5 1600X
Ryzen 5 1600X - GB6M 5,235
x1.09
Core i5-8400 - GB6M 4,795
x1
  • Same Performance vs Core i5-8400
  • Same Performance vs Ryzen 5 1600X
Ryzen 5 1600X - 42.7GB/s
x1
Core i5-8400 - 42.7GB/s
x1
  • 46% higher vs Core i5-8400
  • 32% lower vs Ryzen 5 1600X
Ryzen 5 1600X - 95W
x1.46
Core i5-8400 - 65W
x1
CB23S N/A
0%
CB23S 1,030
40%
CB23M N/A
0%
CB23M 5,850
14%
Manufacturer
AMD
Manufacturer
Intel
Architecture
Zen
Architecture
Skylake
Family
Ryzen 1000
Family
Core 8th Gen
Instruction Set (ISA)
x86-64
Instruction Set (ISA)
x86-64
Codename
Summit Ridge
Zeppelin
-
Codename
Coffee Lake-S
-
Coffee Lake-6C
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
4/11/2017
Release Date
1/1/2018
Foundry
GlobalFoundries
Foundry
Intel
Node
14LP
Node
14nm++
Die Size
213 mm²
Die Size
150 mm²
Transistor Count
4.8 Billion
Transistor Count
2.5 Billion
6 Cores
6 Cores
12 Threads
6 Threads
3.6GHz
4GHz Boost
2.8GHz
4GHz Boost
Overclocking
Unlocked
Overclocking
Locked
Type
PCIe
Type
DMI
Transfer Rate
8GT/s
Transfer Rate
8GT/s
Lanes
4
Lanes
4
Bandwidth
4GB/s
Bandwidth
4GB/s
Bi-directional
8GB/s
Bi-directional
8GB/s
L1 Instruction
64KB/Core
4-way set associative
L1 Instruction
32KB/Core
8-way set associative
L1 Data
32KB/Core
8-way set associative
L1 Data
32KB/Core
8-way set associative
L2
512KB/Core
8-way set associative
L2
256KB/Core
4-way set associative
L3
16MB Shared
16-way set associative
L3
9MB Shared
16-way set associative
Channels
2
Channels
2
Max Memory
64GB
Max Memory
128GB
ECC
Not Supported
ECC
Not Supported
Bus Width/Channel
64Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Bus Width/Channel
64Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
1333MHz
Transfer Rate
2666MT/s
Clock
1333MHz
Transfer Rate
2666MT/s
Bandwidth/Channel
21.3GB/s
Bandwidth
42.7GB/s
Bandwidth/Channel
21.3GB/s
Bandwidth
42.7GB/s
TDP
95W
TDP
65W
Temp
95°C Max
Temp
100°C Max
Included Cooler
Wraith Spire
Included Cooler
Stock Cooler 115x-Al v2
PCIe 3.0 x20 Lanes
PCIe 3.0 x16 Lanes
No GPU
-
-
- -
UHD 630 1050MHz
192 Shaders
1050MHz
400 GFLOPS FP32
No NPU
No NPU
No Cellular
No Cellular
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