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Best Bench: 91% Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 72% Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg)

Poor: 72% Great: 91%

SPEED RANK: 185^th / 1442

Gaming 85%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 87%

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Workstation 69%

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Best Bench: 126% Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 5.4 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 105% Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg)

Poor: 105% Great: 126%

SPEED RANK: 27^th / 1442

Gaming 116%

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Desktop 117%

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Workstation 138%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		84.8 %			116 %	Much faster effective speed. +37%


14 Nov19\|PCGamer AMD Ryzen 9 3950X review		4 %	FarC5 24%, StrangeB 3%, TWarW2 16%, MetroEx 7%, MESoW 9%			Hitm2 4%, SotTR 3%, ACO 10%, Divis2 7%
10 Mar21\|HardwareLUXX Processor non grata: Rocket Lake-S...			BFV 8%, MetroEx 26%		1 %	SotTR 19%, Divis2 19%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	87.8 Pts	Slightly lower memory latency. +8%	81.5 Pts
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	117 Pts		211 Pts	Hugely faster single-core speed. +80%
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	233 Pts		411 Pts	Much faster dual-core speed. +76%
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	450 Pts		804 Pts	Much faster quad-core speed. +79%
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	589 Pts		1536 Pts	Hugely faster octa-core speed. +161%


Memory OC Memory Latency	94.4 Pts	+2%	92.2 Pts
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	123 Pts		218 Pts	Much faster OC single-core speed. +77%
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	243 Pts		434 Pts	Much faster OC dual-core speed. +79%
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	484 Pts		863 Pts	Much faster OC quad-core speed. +78%
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	685 Pts		1693 Pts	Hugely faster OC octa-core speed. +147%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	1.65 %	Insanely higher market share. +1,079%	0.14 %
Value Value For Money	112 %	Slightly better value. +6%	105 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	86 %	Much more popular. +48%	58 %
Price Price (score)	$102	Much cheaper. +74%	$394


Age Newest	62 Months		19 Months	Much more recent. +69%
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watts	Much more energy efficient. +62%	170 Watts
Cores CPU Processing Cores	6 cores		12 cores	Hugely higher core count. +100%
Threads CPU Processing Threads	6 threads		24 threads	Hugely higher thread count. +300%
Lithography Manufacturing process	14 nm		5 nm	Much newer manufacturing. +64%
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	2.9 GHz		4.7 GHz	Much faster base frequency. +62%
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	4.1 GHz		5.6 GHz	Much faster turbo frequency. +37%
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	696 Pts		2977 Pts	Hugely faster OC 64-core speed. +328%
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	614 Pts		2800 Pts	Hugely faster 64-core speed. +356%


Series CPU Architecture	Coffee Lake	Zen4
Socket Motherboard Socket	FCLGA1151	AM5
Graphics Integrated Graphics	None	RDNA2

Intel’s Core i5-9400F is a hex-core 9th generation Coffee Lake desktop processor. It features base / boost clocks of 2.9 / 4.1 GHz, 9 MB of cache, a 65W TDP and it ships with a cooler but it does not have integrated graphics like the “non-F” variants. Although the 9400F is compatible with the enthusiast grade Z390 chipset it is normally paired with a better value for money B360 motherboard. At its launch the i5-9400F retailed for $180 but prices have dropped to the point ($135) that it now represents an excellent value proposition to gamers. Comparing the i5-9400F to the Ryzen 3600 shows that the 3600 is 8% better for quad-core processing but it costs 40% ($50) more than the 9400F. Ordinarily higher quad-core performance would result in better gaming but the Ryzen 3000 memory controller, although significantly improved over previous Ryzen iterations, still has limited bandwidth and high latency. Gamers can invest the $50 savings in a better GPU, for example by upgrading from a 2060S to a 2070S. Since the GPU makes the most difference to gaming, the end result is a system which offers far superior real world gaming performance for similar money. For those gamers who demand the best of the best, it is necessary to jump to one of the higher frequency SKUs such as the 9600K but for everyone else the i5-9400F offers unparalleled value. ^{[Aug '19 CPUPro]}

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Within minutes of the first, pre-release, 7000 series userbenchmark results, AMD’s marketers broadcast a 20% win over the 12900K via thousands of anonymous twitter, reddit, forum and youtube accounts. Buying new AMD products is like buying used cars: it takes time, experience and a taste for sales hype. It’s difficult for consumers to make rational choices while AMD completely dominates “sponsored news” and social media channels. Ten years ago, when AMD was the underdog, this type of marketing was understandable. Today, with a capitalization of $150 Billion USD, it’s disrespectful to AMD's own users. Even with Intel's marketing department asleep at the wheel, Ryzen will quickly end up in the same state as Radeon. Following a series of overhyped releases, consumers have little interest in the Radeon brand. The combined market share for all of AMD’s (discrete) Radeon RX 5000 and 6000 GPUs (Steam stats) is just 2%. Although the new 7000 series Zen4 CPUs are actually around 15% faster than their predecessors, they have hefty cooling requirements (TDP +60% vs 5000 series), 30 second BIOS post times, expensive DDR5 RAM requirements and only work with expensive motherboards. Despite the 7000 series struggling to match Intel’s outgoing 12th gen, AMD market it as a “future proof” platform! They want users to pay a premium for last gen performance in exchange for the shallow promise of upgrades in the future. Over the next few days, Intel’s 13th gen (Raptor Lake) will launch. Shoppers will do well to wait until then. Despite AMD’s Neanderthal marketing techniques, it’s hard not to admire their technical progress. AMD-Raptor4 and Intel-Zen13 would be better fitting product names. ^{[Sep '22 CPUPro]}

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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