Intel Core i5-8400B vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X

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Intel Core i5-8400B AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the Intel Core i5-8400B and the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the Intel Core i5-8400B 6 core processor released in Q2/2018 with the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X which has 12 CPU cores and was introduced in Q3/2017.
Intel Core i5 (328) Family AMD Ryzen Threadripper (13)
Intel Core i 8000 (20) CPU group AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1000 (3)
8 Generation 1
Coffee Lake S Architecture Whitehaven (Zen)
Desktop / Server Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2920X

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i5-8400B is a 6 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.80 GHz (3.80 GHz). The processor can compute 6 threads at the same time. The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X clocks with 3.50 GHz (4.00 GHz), has 12 CPU cores and can calculate 24 threads in parallel.

Intel Core i5-8400B Characteristic AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X
6 Cores 12
6 Threads 24
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? Yes
2.80 GHz Frequency 3.50 GHz
3.80 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 4.00 GHz
4.00 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 3.60 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Intel Core i5-8400B Characteristic AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.

Intel UHD Graphics 630 GPU no iGPU
0.35 GHz GPU frequency --
1.15 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
9.5 GPU Generation --
14 nm Technology
3 Max. displays
24 Compute units --
192 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
64 GB Max. GPU Memory --
12 DirectX Version --

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

Intel UHD Graphics 630 GPU no iGPU
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

Up to 64 GB of memory in a maximum of 2 memory channels is supported by the Intel Core i5-8400B, while the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X supports a maximum of GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 85.4 GB/s enabled.

Intel Core i5-8400B Characteristic AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X
DDR4-2666 Memory DDR4-2666
64 GB Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 4 (Quad Channel)
42.7 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 85.4 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache 6.00 MB
9.00 MB L3 Cache 32.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 3.0
16 PCIe lanes 64
15.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 63.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The Intel Core i5-8400B has a TDP of 65 W. The TDP of the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X is 180 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

Intel Core i5-8400B Characteristic AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X
65 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 180 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Core i5-8400B has 9.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 14 nm. The cache of AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X is at 38.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 14 nm.

Intel Core i5-8400B Characteristic AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X
14 nm Technology 14 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
BGA 1440 Socket TR4 (SP3r2)
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization AMD-V, SVM
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q2/2018 Release date Q3/2017
260 $ Release price 799 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 0 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.
Intel Core i5-8400B Intel Core i5-8400B
6C 6T @ 4.00 GHz
76 (39%)
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X
12C 24T @ 3.60 GHz
197 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Core i5-8400B Intel Core i5-8400B
6C 6T @ 3.80 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X
12C 24T @ 4.00 GHz
58 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Core i5-8400B Intel Core i5-8400B
6C 6T @ 3.80 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X
12C 24T @ 4.00 GHz
783 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i5-8400B Intel Core i5-8400B
6C 6T @ 3.80 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X
12C 24T @ 4.00 GHz
1010 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i5-8400B Intel Core i5-8400B
6C 6T @ 4.00 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X
12C 24T @ 3.60 GHz
9122 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Core i5-8400B Intel Core i5-8400B
6C 6T @ 3.80 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X
12C 24T @ 4.00 GHz
1155 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Core i5-8400B Intel Core i5-8400B
6C 6T @ 4.00 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X
12C 24T @ 3.60 GHz
6951 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i5-8400B Intel Core i5-8400B
6C 6T @ 3.80 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X
12C 24T @ 4.00 GHz
406 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i5-8400B Intel Core i5-8400B
6C 6T @ 4.00 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X
12C 24T @ 3.60 GHz
5326 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Core i5-8400B Intel Core i5-8400B
Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.15 GHz
442 (100%)
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Core i5-8400B Intel Core i5-8400B
6C 6T @ 4.00 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X
12C 24T @ 3.60 GHz
22810 (100%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.
Intel Core i5-8400B Intel Core i5-8400B
6C 6T @ 4.00 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X
12C 24T @ 3.60 GHz
160.5 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Intel Core i5-8400B Intel Core i5-8400B
6C 6T @ 2.80 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X
12C 24T @ 3.50 GHz
6760 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i5-8400B Intel Core i5-8400B
6C 6T @ 3.80 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X
12C 24T @ 4.00 GHz
173 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i5-8400B Intel Core i5-8400B
6C 6T @ 4.00 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X
12C 24T @ 3.60 GHz
2433 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Core i5-8400B AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X
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