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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-9400 outperforms the more expensive Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-9400 is 67 days newer than the more expensive Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-9400
- Performs up to 2% better in A Plague Tale: Requiem than Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX - 131 vs 128 FPS
- Up to 91% cheaper than Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX - $160.91 vs $1700.0
- Up to 91% better value when playing A Plague Tale: Requiem than Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX - $1.23 vs $13.28 per FPS
- Consumes up to 74% less energy than AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX - 65 vs 250 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-9400 - 64 vs 6 threads
A Plague Tale: Requiem
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-9400
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
FPS
131
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.23/FPS
100%
Price, $
$160.91
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel Core i5-9400 Desktop Processor 6 Cores 2. 90 GHz up to 4. 10 GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W Processors BX80684I59400
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Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX
Desktop • Aug 13th, 2018
FPS
128
97.70992366412213%
Value, $/FPS
$13.28/FPS
9.262048192771084%
Price, $
$1700
9%
AMD YD299XAZAFWOF Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX Processor
Buy for $1,700 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 350372 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-9400
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX
Desktop • Aug 13th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX
Desktop • Aug 13th, 2018
Single-Core
1180
85.26011560693641%
Multi-Core
7221
100%
Intel Core i5-9400 | vs | AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX |
|---|---|---|
Oct 19th, 2018 | Release Date | Aug 13th, 2018 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Ryzen Threadripper |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Colfax |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | AMD Socket SP3r2 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 32 |
| 6 | Threads | 64 |
| 2.9 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.0 GHz |
| 4.1 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.2 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 250 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 12 nm |
| 29.0x | Multiplier | 30.0x |
UHD 630 | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
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