AMD Ryzen 5 1500X vs Intel Core i5 8400
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Apr 2017
Oct 2017
Manufacturer
AMD
Intel
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Zen
Coffee Lake
Integrated Graphics
N/A
UHD Graphics 630
Processor Number
—
i5-8400
Package
Transistor Count
4.8 billions
—
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
14 nm
Socket
AM4
LGA-1151
Power Consumption
65 W
65 W
Peak Operating Temperature
95 °C
100 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
4
6
Performance Core Threads
8
6
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.5 GHz
2.8 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.7 GHz
4 GHz
Total Core Count
4
6
Total Thread Count
8
6
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
35x
28x
L1 Cache
96 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
512 K per core
256 K per core
L3 Cache
16 MB shared
9 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2666
DDR4-2666
Max Memory Size
64 GB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
39.74 GB/s
41.6 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
No
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
3.0
PCIe Lanes
20
16
Extended Instruction Set
—
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
—
true
GPU Base Frequency
—
350 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
—
1050 MHz
Shader Units
—
192
Texture Units
—
24
Raster Operation Units
—
3
Execution Units
—
24
Power Consumption
—
15 W
Max Resolution
—
4096x2304 - 60 Hz
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
930
1,026
Cinebench R23
4,641
5,798
Geekbench 6
1,136
1,298
Geekbench 5
918
1,032
Geekbench 6
3,734
4,677
Geekbench 5
3,861
4,611
Passmark CPU
2,111
2,387
Passmark CPU
9,063
9,214
Blender
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83
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.