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Intel Core i5-6400 vs AMD Ryzen 7 1700

Last updated: 2026-07-03

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 97 %

Intel Core i5-6400

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen 7 1700

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 43 %

Intel Core i5-6400

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen 7 1700

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

1,134

8C / 16T · 3.70 GHz

1,117

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.00 GHz

3,086

8C / 16T · 3.30 GHz

5,478

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

275 cb

8C / 16T · 3.70 GHz

331 cb

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

841

8C / 16T · 3.70 GHz

852

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.00 GHz

1,061 cb

8C / 16T · 3.30 GHz

3,189 cb

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.00 GHz

2,706

8C / 16T · 3.30 GHz

5,816

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.00 GHz

730.0 s

8C / 16T · 3.30 GHz

235.6 s

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

359

8C / 16T · 3.70 GHz

390

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 2.70 GHz

1,360

8C / 16T · 3.00 GHz

3,883

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

140 cb

8C / 16T · 3.70 GHz

151 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.00 GHz

497 cb

8C / 16T · 3.30 GHz

1,403 cb

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries

Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Monero Hashrate
94 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-6400	AMD Ryzen 7 1700
Family	Intel Core i5 (336)	AMD Ryzen 7 (79)
CPU group	Intel Core i 6000 (24)	AMD Ryzen 1000 (15)
Architecture	Skylake S	Summit Ridge (Zen)
Technology	14 nm	14 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1151	AM4 (PGA 1331)
Predecessor
Successor	Intel Core i5-7400

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i5-6400	AMD Ryzen 7 1700
CPU Cores / Threads	4 / 4	8 / 16
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	4x	8x
Frequency:	2.70 GHz	3.00 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	3.30 GHz	3.70 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	3.00 GHz	3.30 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	6.00 MB	16.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i5-6400	AMD Ryzen 7 1700
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 530	no iGPU
GPU frequency	0.35 - 0.95 GHz
CUs / Shader	24 / 192	/
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3
Max. GPU Memory	32 GB
Technology	14 nm
Release date	Q3/2015

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-6400	AMD Ryzen 7 1700
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i5-6400	AMD Ryzen 7 1700
Memory	DDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s) DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)	DDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s)
Max. Memory	64 GB	64 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	Yes
PCIe	3.0 x 16	3.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s	19.7 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i5-6400	AMD Ryzen 7 1700
TDP	65 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.		95 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i5-6400	AMD Ryzen 7 1700
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	Windows 10, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
Release date	Q3/2015	Q1/2017
Release price		300 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

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Intel Core i5-6400
4C / 4T · 2.70 - 3.30 GHz

★★★★★

AMD Ryzen 7 1700
8C / 16T · 3.00 - 3.70 GHz

★★★★★