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Key Differences
In short — Core i9-10900F outperforms the cheaper Core i5-9400F on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Core i5-9400F is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i9-10900F is 478 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-9400F.
Advantages of Intel Core i9-10900F
- Performs up to 10% better in War Thunder than Core i5-9400F - 196 vs 178 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-9400F - 20 vs 6 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i5-9400F
- Up to 54% cheaper than Core i9-10900F - $112.0 vs $244.77
- Up to 50% better value when playing War Thunder than Core i9-10900F - $0.63 vs $1.25 per FPS
War Thunder
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Movie
Core i9-10900F
Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020
FPS
196
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.25/FPS
50.4%
Price, $
$244.77
45%
FPS Winner
Intel Core i9-10900F Desktop Processor 10 Cores up to 5.2 GHz Without Processor Graphics LGA 1200 (Intel 400 Series chipset) 65W
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Core i5-9400F
Desktop • Jan 8th, 2019
FPS
178
90.81632653061224%
Value, $/FPS
$0.63/FPS
100%
Price, $
$112
100%
Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-9400F Desktop Processor 6 Cores 4.1 GHz Turbo Without Graphics
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Updated 349094 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Movie
Core i9-10900F
Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020
Core i5-9400F
Desktop • Jan 8th, 2019
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i5-9400F
Desktop • Jan 8th, 2019
Single-Core
1378
82.21957040572792%
Multi-Core
4834
57.37004509850463%
Intel Core i9-10900F | vs | Intel Core i5-9400F |
|---|---|---|
Apr 30th, 2020 | Release Date | Jan 8th, 2019 |
| Core i9 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Comet Lake | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| Intel Socket 1200 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
10 | Cores | 6 |
20 | Threads | 6 |
| 2.8 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.9 GHz |
5.2 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.1 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 28.0x | Multiplier | 29.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i9-10900F or Core i5-9400F
War Thunder, 1920 x 1080, Movie
119 FPS
$9.47/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
Core i5-9400F
8 GB, 120 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$1,126.99
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119 FPS
$9.83/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
Core i5-9400F
8 GB, 240 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$1,169.99
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111 FPS
$6.3/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650
Core i5-9400F
8 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$699
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