AMD Ryzen 5 2500X vs Intel Core i5-9400

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket AM4 Intel Socket 1151
Foundry GlobalFoundries Intel
Process size 12 nm 14 nm
Transistors 4,800 million unknown
Die size 192 mm² unknown
Package µOPGA-1331 FC-LGA1151
tCaseMax 72°C

Performance

Frequency 3.6 GHz 2.9 GHz
Turbo clock up to 4 GHz up to 4.1 GHz
Base clock 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 36.0x 29.0x
Multiplier unlocked Yes No
TDP 65 W 65 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Desktop
Production status Active Active
Release date Oct 1st, 2018 Oct 19th, 2018
Codename Zen Coffee Lake
Generation Ryzen 5 Core i5
Part unknown SR3X5
Memory support DDR4 Dual-channel DDR4-2666 MHz Dual-channel
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 3, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Cores

Total Cores 4 6
Total Threads 8 6
SMP # CPUs 1 1
Integrated graphics UHD 630

Cache

Cache L1 96K (per core) 64K (per core)
Cache L2 512K (per core) 256K (per core)
Cache L3 16MB (shared) 9MB (shared)

Notes

Notes This processor comes with an unlocked base clock multiplier, allowing users to set the multiplier value higher than shipped value, to facilitate better overclocking.

Features & Technologies

AES Yes
AES-NI Yes
AMD-V Yes
AMD64 Yes
AVX Yes Yes
AVX2 Yes Yes
BMI1 Yes Yes
BMI2 Yes Yes
Boost 2.0 Yes
CLMUL Yes
EIST Yes
EVP Yes
F16C Yes Yes
FMA3 Yes Yes
Intel 64 Yes
MMX Yes Yes
Precision Boost 2 Yes
SHA Yes
SMAP Yes
SMEP Yes
SMT Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4.1 Yes
SSE4.2 Yes Yes
SSE4A Yes
SSSE3 Yes Yes
TSX Yes
TXT Yes
VT-d Yes
VT-x Yes
XD bit Yes
XFR 2 Yes

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