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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $64
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Key Differences
In short — Core i5-9400F outperforms the cheaper Pentium Gold G5400 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Pentium Gold G5400 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i5-9400F is 281 days newer than the cheaper Pentium Gold G5400.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-9400F
- Performs up to 94% better in League of Legends than Pentium Gold G5400 - 161 vs 83 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium Gold G5400 - 6 vs 4 threads
Advantages of Intel Pentium Gold G5400
- Up to 55% cheaper than Core i5-9400F - $50.0 vs $112.0
- Up to 14% better value when playing League of Legends than Core i5-9400F - $0.6 vs $0.7 per FPS
- Consumes up to 11% less energy than Intel Core i5-9400F - 58 vs 65 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i5-9400F doesn't have integrated graphics
League of Legends
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Core i5-9400F
Desktop • Jan 8th, 2019
FPS
161
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.7/FPS
85.71428571428572%
Price, $
$112
44%
FPS Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-9400F Desktop Processor 6 Cores 4.1 GHz Turbo Without Graphics
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Pentium Gold G5400
Desktop • Apr 2nd, 2018
FPS
83
51.5527950310559%
Value, $/FPS
$0.6/FPS
100%
Price, $
$50
100%
Value Winner
Intel® Pentium® Gold G5400 Desktop Processor 2 Core 3.7GHz LGA1151 300 Series 54W/58W BX80684G5400
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Updated 361171 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Core i5-9400F
Desktop • Jan 8th, 2019
Pentium Gold G5400
Desktop • Apr 2nd, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Pentium Gold G5400
Desktop • Apr 2nd, 2018
Single-Core
731
53.047895500725694%
Multi-Core
1504
31.112949937939593%
Intel Core i5-9400F | vs | Intel Pentium Gold G5400 |
|---|---|---|
Jan 8th, 2019 | Release Date | Apr 2nd, 2018 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Pentium Gold |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
6 | Cores | 2 |
6 | Threads | 4 |
| 2.9 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.7 GHz |
| 4.1 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 65 W | TDP | 58 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 29.0x | Multiplier | 37.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 610 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i5-9400F or Pentium Gold G5400
League of Legends, 1920 x 1080, Very High
136 FPS
$8.29/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
Core i5-9400F
8 GB, 120 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$8.6/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
Core i5-9400F
8 GB, 240 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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135 FPS
$5.18/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650
Core i5-9400F
8 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$699
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