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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-10400F outperforms the more expensive Core i3-9100F on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-10400F is 373 days newer than the more expensive Core i3-9100F.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-10400F
- Performs up to 1% better in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 than Core i3-9100F - 107 vs 106 FPS
- Up to 2% cheaper than Core i3-9100F - $112.53 vs $115.0
- Up to 3% better value when playing Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 than Core i3-9100F - $1.05 vs $1.08 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i3-9100F - 12 vs 4 threads
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Intel Core i3-9100F Desktop Processor 4 Core Up to 4.2 GHz without Processor Graphics LGA1151 300 Series 65W
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Core i5-10400F
Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020
FPS
107
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.05/FPS
100%
Price, $
$112.53
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel Core i5-10400F Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.3 GHz Without Processor Graphics LGA1200 (Intel 400 Series chipset) 65W, Model Number: BX8070110400F
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i3-9100F
Desktop • Apr 23rd, 2019
Core i5-10400F
Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i3-9100F | vs | Intel Core i5-10400F |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 23rd, 2019 | Release Date | Apr 30th, 2020 |
| Core i3 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Comet Lake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 6 |
| 4 | Threads | 12 |
3.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.9 GHz |
| 4.2 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.3 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
36.0x | Multiplier | 29.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i3-9100F or Core i5-10400F
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
66 FPS
$16.67/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
Core i5-10400F
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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44 FPS
$20.73/FPS
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Core i5-10400F
8 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$24.97/FPS
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Core i5-10400F
8 GB, 500 GB SSD
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$20.45/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-10400F
16 GB, N/A Storage
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40 FPS
$15/FPS
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16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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51 FPS
$18.41/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-10400F
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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44 FPS
$27.94/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-10400F
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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37 FPS
$21.05/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650
Core i5-10400F
16 GB, 256 GB SSD
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44 FPS
$21.02/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-10400F
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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$924.99
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42 FPS
$23.81/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
Core i5-10400F
16 GB, N/A Storage
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