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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-11400F outperforms the more expensive Core i5-8400 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-11400F is 1258 days newer than the more expensive Core i5-8400.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-11400F
- Performs up to 10% better in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 than Core i5-8400 - 117 vs 106 FPS
- Up to 19% cheaper than Core i5-8400 - $113.0 vs $140.0
- Up to 27% better value when playing Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 than Core i5-8400 - $0.97 vs $1.32 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8400 - 12 vs 6 threads
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-8400
Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017
FPS
106
90.5982905982906%
Value, $/FPS
$1.32/FPS
73.48484848484847%
Price, $
$140
80%
Intel Core i5-8400 Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.0 GHz LGA 1151 300 Series 65W
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Core i5-11400F
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
117
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.97/FPS
100%
Price, $
$113
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-11400F Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.4 GHz LGA1200 (Intel® 500 Series & Select 400 Series Chipset) 65W
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-8400
Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017
Core i5-11400F
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i5-8400
Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017
Single-Core
1353
68.99541050484447%
Multi-Core
4748
62.407991587802314%
Intel Core i5-8400 | vs | Intel Core i5-11400F |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 5th, 2017 | Release Date | Mar 16th, 2021 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Rocket Lake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 6 |
| 6 | Threads | 12 |
2.8 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.6 GHz |
| 4.0 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.4 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
28.0x | Multiplier | 26.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i5-8400 or Core i5-11400F
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
59 FPS
$16.93/FPS
Radeon RX 6600
Core i5-11400F
16 GB, N/A Storage
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$999
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57 FPS
$19.77/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Core i5-11400F
8 GB, 500 GB SSD
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$1,126.88
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54 FPS
$14.8/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
Core i5-11400F
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$799
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54 FPS
$21.03/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-11400F
8 GB, N/A Storage
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$1,135.88
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47 FPS
$12.24/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650
Core i5-11400F
4 GB, N/A Storage
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$575.4
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54 FPS
$15.88/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-11400F
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$857.5
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54 FPS
$16.86/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-11400F
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$910.41
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60 FPS
$14.7/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-11400F
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$881.99
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47 FPS
$14.06/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650
Core i5-11400F
8 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$660.87
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60 FPS
$15/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-11400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$899.99
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