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Key Differences
In short — Core i5-9400F outperforms the cheaper Celeron G4900 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Celeron G4900 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i5-9400F is 280 days newer than the cheaper Celeron G4900.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-9400F
- Performs up to 12% better in Alan Wake 2 than Celeron G4900 - 113 vs 101 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Celeron G4900 - 6 vs 2 threads
Advantages of Intel Celeron G4900
- Up to 55% cheaper than Core i5-9400F - $50.0 vs $112.0
- Up to 49% better value when playing Alan Wake 2 than Core i5-9400F - $0.5 vs $0.99 per FPS
- Consumes up to 17% less energy than Intel Core i5-9400F - 54 vs 65 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i5-9400F doesn't have integrated graphics
Alan Wake 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i5-9400F
Desktop • Jan 8th, 2019
FPS
113
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.99/FPS
50.505050505050505%
Price, $
$112
44%
FPS Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-9400F Desktop Processor 6 Cores 4.1 GHz Turbo Without Graphics
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Celeron G4900
Desktop • Apr 3rd, 2018
FPS
101
89.38053097345133%
Value, $/FPS
$0.5/FPS
100%
Price, $
$50
100%
Value Winner
Intel® Celeron® G4900 Desktop Processor 2 Core 3.1GHz LGA1151 300 Series 54W BX80684G4900
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Updated 361141 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i5-9400F
Desktop • Jan 8th, 2019
Celeron G4900
Desktop • Apr 3rd, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Celeron G4900
Desktop • Apr 3rd, 2018
Single-Core
616
44.70246734397678%
Multi-Core
1051
21.741828713280928%
Intel Core i5-9400F | vs | Intel Celeron G4900 |
|---|---|---|
Jan 8th, 2019 | Release Date | Apr 3rd, 2018 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Celeron |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
6 | Cores | 2 |
6 | Threads | 2 |
| 2.9 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.1 GHz |
| 4.1 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 65 W | TDP | 54 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 29.0x | Multiplier | 31.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 610 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i5-9400F or Celeron G4900
Alan Wake 2, 1920 x 1080, High
14 FPS
$80.5/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
Core i5-9400F
8 GB, 120 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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14 FPS
$83.57/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
Core i5-9400F
8 GB, 240 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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6 FPS
$116.5/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650
Core i5-9400F
8 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$699
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