Intel Core i5-9400H vs AMD RX-418GD

Comparative analysis of Intel Core i5-9400H and AMD RX-418GD processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-9400H

  • CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • 4 more threads: 8 vs 4
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Launch date 23 April 2019 vs 21 October 2015
Number of threads 8 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm

Reasons to consider the AMD RX-418GD

  • Around 74319% higher clock speed: 3200 MHz vs 4.30 GHz
  • Around 25% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 29% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 45 Watt
Maximum frequency 3200 MHz vs 4.30 GHz
L1 cache 320 KB vs 256 KB
L2 cache 2 MB vs 1 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 45 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Core i5-9400H
CPU 2: AMD RX-418GD

Name Intel Core i5-9400H AMD RX-418GD
PassMark - Single thread mark 2402
PassMark - CPU mark 7905
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1050
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1050
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1543
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1543
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 4536
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 4536

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Core i5-9400H AMD RX-418GD

Essentials

Architecture codename Coffee Lake Merlin Falcon
Family Core i5 AMD R-Series
Launch date 23 April 2019 21 October 2015
Launch price (MSRP) $250
Place in performance rating 1004 1223
Processor Number i5-9400H
Series i5-9000
Vertical segment Mobile Embedded
Price now RX-418GD

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.50 GHz 1800 MHz
Bus Speed 8 GT/s DMI
L1 cache 256 KB 320 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 2 MB
L3 cache 8 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Maximum core temperature 100 °C
Maximum frequency 4.30 GHz 3200 MHz
Number of cores 4 4
Number of threads 8 4
Unlocked
Die size 1073 mm2

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 41.8 GB/s 38.4 GB/s
Maximum memory size 128 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-2666, LPDDR3-2133 DDR3-2133, DDR4-2400

Graphics

Device ID 0x3E9B
Graphics base frequency 350 MHz 800 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.10 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 64 GB
Processor graphics Intel UHD Graphics 630 Radeon R6 series
Number of pipelines 384
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
DVI
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported 3 3

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 4096x2304@30Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 12 12
OpenGL 4.5 4.4

Compatibility

Configurable TDP-down 35 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Sockets supported FCBGA1440 BGA (FP4)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt 35 Watt
Configurable TDP 12-35 Watt
Package Size micro-BGA

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0
PCIe configurations 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
UART
USB revision 3.0

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® My WiFi technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® Thermal Velocity Boost
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Speed Shift technology
Thermal Monitoring
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)