AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs Intel Core i5-9400F: What is the difference?

uses multithreading

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AMD Ryzen 5 3600

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Intel Core i5-9400F

Multithreading technology (such as Intel’s Hyperthreading or AMD’s Simultaneous Multithreading) provides increased performance by splitting each of the processor’s physical cores into virtual cores, also known as threads. This way, each core can run two instruction streams at once.

Has AES

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AMD Ryzen 5 3600

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Intel Core i5-9400F

AES is used to speed up encryption and decryption.

Has AVX

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AMD Ryzen 5 3600

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Intel Core i5-9400F

AVX is used to help speed up calculations in multimedia, scientific and financial apps, as well as improving Linux RAID software performance.

SSE version

4.2

4.2

SSE is used to speed up multimedia tasks such as editing an image or adjusting audio volume. Each new version contains new instructions and improvements.

Has F16C

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AMD Ryzen 5 3600

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Intel Core i5-9400F

F16C is used to speed up tasks such as adjusting the contrast of an image or adjusting volume.

bits executed at a time

Unknown. Help us by suggesting a value. (AMD Ryzen 5 3600)

Unknown. Help us by suggesting a value. (Intel Core i5-9400F)

NEON provides acceleration for media processing, such as listening to MP3s.

Has MMX

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AMD Ryzen 5 3600

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Intel Core i5-9400F

MMX is used to speed up tasks such as adjusting the contrast of an image or adjusting volume.

Has TrustZone

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AMD Ryzen 5 3600

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Intel Core i5-9400F

A technology integrated into the processor to secure the device for use with features such as mobile payments and streaming video using digital rights management (DRM).

front-end width

Unknown. Help us by suggesting a value. (AMD Ryzen 5 3600)

Unknown. Help us by suggesting a value. (Intel Core i5-9400F)

The CPU can decode more instructions per clock (IPC), meaning that the CPU performs better