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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-11400F outperforms the more expensive Core i7-9700 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-11400F is 693 days newer than the more expensive Core i7-9700.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-9700
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i5-11400F doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of Intel Core i5-11400F
- Performs up to 45% better in Cities: Skylines II than Core i7-9700 - 48 vs 33 FPS
- Up to 57% cheaper than Core i7-9700 - $113.0 vs $260.26
- Up to 70% better value when playing Cities: Skylines II than Core i7-9700 - $2.35 vs $7.89 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-9700 - 12 vs 8 threads
Cities: Skylines II
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i7-9700
Desktop • Apr 23rd, 2019
FPS
33
68.75%
Value, $/FPS
$7.89/FPS
29.78453738910013%
Price, $
$260.26
43%
Intel Core i7-9700 Desktop Processor 8 Cores up to 4.7 GHz LGA1151 300 Series 65W
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Core i5-11400F
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
48
100%
Value, $/FPS
$2.35/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
High
Core i7-9700
Desktop • Apr 23rd, 2019
Core i5-11400F
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i7-9700
Desktop • Apr 23rd, 2019
Single-Core
1556
79.34727180010199%
Multi-Core
6217
81.71661409043112%
Intel Core i7-9700 | vs | Intel Core i5-11400F |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 23rd, 2019 | Release Date | Mar 16th, 2021 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Rocket Lake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 | Cores | 6 |
| 8 | Threads | 12 |
3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.6 GHz |
4.7 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.4 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
30.0x | Multiplier | 26.0x |
UHD Graphics 630 | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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