Intel Core i5-9400 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

What is the difference between Intel Core i5-9400 and AMD Ryzen 5 5500U. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

1050Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score941
4539Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score4398
9502PassMark CPU Mark Rating13329
2490PassMark Single Thread Rating2469
51203DMark Time Spy Physics Score5560

Processor Specs

Intel Core i5-9400ProcessorAMD Ryzen 5 5500U
2900 MHzFrequency2100 MHz
4100 MHzMaximum Frequency4000 MHz
6Cores6
6Threads12
65 WTDP15 W
Intel UHD Graphics 630GPUAMD Radeon RX Vega 7
Coffee LakeCodenameCezanne
Socket 1151 LGAPackageSocket FP6

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

1061Single-Core Score969
5008Multi-Core Score3353
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Linux x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Microsoft Windows 10 Pro N (64-bit)Operating SystemPop!_OS 21.04
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Z390 MModelLENOVO 20Y70047MX
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Z390 M-CFMotherboardLENOVO 20Y70047MX
BalancedPower Plan

CPU Specifications

Intel Core i5-9400NameAMD Ryzen 5 5500U
1 Processor, 6 CoresTopology1 Processor, 6 Cores, 12 Threads
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 158 Stepping 10IdentifierAuthenticAMD Family 23 Model 104 Stepping 1
2.90 GHzBase Frequency4.06 GHz
4100 MHzMaximum Frequency
Socket 1151 LGAPackage
Coffee LakeCodename
32.0 KB x 3L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 6
32.0 KB x 3L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 6
256 KB x 3L2 Cache512 KB x 6
9.00 MB x 1L3 Cache4.00 MB x 2

Memory Information

32.00 GBSize14.53 GB
1200 MHzFrequency
DDR4 SDRAMType
2Channels

Geekbench 5 result (single)

1061Single-Core Score969
1399Crypto Score1862
984Integer Score901
1172Floating Point Score 969
1399
2.38 GB/sec
AES-XTS1862
3.17 GB/sec
991
5.01 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)773
3.91 MB/sec
1162
55.0 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression1154
54.6 Mpixels/sec
972
2.74 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)670
1.89 MTE/sec
821
964.5 KElements/sec
HTML5924
1.09 MElements/sec
933
292.5 Krows/sec
SQLite876
274.6 Krows/sec
1036
56.2 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering964
52.3 Mpixels/sec
1001
318.8 KB/sec
Text Rendering904
287.9 KB/sec
990
7.71 Klines/sec
Clang832
6.48 Klines/sec
980
11.4 images/sec
Camera1119
13.0 images/sec
986
1.23 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics575
718.8 Kpairs/sec
1059
6561.3 FPS
Rigid Body Physics1167
7227.5 FPS
1005
55.2 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur1114
61.2 Mpixels/sec
1010
7.78 images/sec
Face Detection1298
10.00 images/sec
991
24.4 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection1089
26.8 Mpixels/sec
1833
89.9 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting1487
73.0 Mpixels/sec
1995
27.2 Mpixels/sec
HDR2319
31.6 Mpixels/sec
1292
1.04 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing1489
1.20 Mpixels/sec
960
8.60 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion816
7.31 Kpixels/sec
1037
33.1 Words/sec
Speech Recognition326
10.4 Words/sec
1165
45.0 images/sec
Machine Learning490
19.0 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

5008Multi-Core Score3353
5359Crypto Score2033
4789Integer Score3381
5424Floating Point Score 3511
5359
9.14 GB/sec
AES-XTS2033
3.47 GB/sec
4614
23.3 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)2285
11.6 MB/sec
6495
307.3 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression5036
238.2 Mpixels/sec
3033
8.55 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)1497
4.22 MTE/sec
4724
5.55 MElements/sec
HTML55240
6.15 MElements/sec
5136
1.61 Mrows/sec
SQLite5520
1.73 Mrows/sec
5367
291.3 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering3537
191.9 Mpixels/sec
4341
1.35 MB/sec
Text Rendering2395
763.2 KB/sec
5131
40.0 Klines/sec
Clang3218
25.1 Klines/sec
5025
58.2 images/sec
Camera4245
49.2 images/sec
4797
6.00 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics1516
1.90 Mpairs/sec
5704
35341.3 FPS
Rigid Body Physics3675
22769.7 FPS
5525
303.7 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur2481
136.4 Mpixels/sec
5718
44.0 images/sec
Face Detection4862
37.4 images/sec
5140
126.7 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection2751
67.8 Mpixels/sec
7599
372.8 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting4027
197.6 Mpixels/sec
10891
148.4 Mpixels/sec
HDR10772
146.8 Mpixels/sec
7363
5.91 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing9229
7.41 Mpixels/sec
5161
46.2 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion3640
32.6 Kpixels/sec
3118
99.7 Words/sec
Speech Recognition2680
85.7 Words/sec
2746
106.1 images/sec
Machine Learning1385
53.5 images/sec