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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-8600 outperforms the more expensive Core i5-9400F on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-8600 is 328 days older than the more expensive Core i5-9400F.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8600
- Performs up to 1% better in Escape From Tarkov than Core i5-9400F - 209 vs 207 FPS
- Up to 7% cheaper than Core i5-9400F - CA$162.02 vs CA$173.85
- Up to 10% better value when playing Escape From Tarkov than Core i5-9400F - CA$0.78 vs CA$0.87 per FPS
Escape From Tarkov
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-9400F
Desktop • Jan 8th, 2019
FPS
207
99.04306220095694%
Value, CA$/FPS
CA$0.87/FPS
89.65517241379311%
Price, CA$
CA$173.85
93%
Intel Core™ i5-9400F Desktop Processor 6 Cores 4.1 GHz Turbo Without Graphics - 2.9 GHz (BX80684I59400F)
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Core i5-8600
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
FPS
209
100%
Value, CA$/FPS
CA$0.78/FPS
100%
Price, CA$
CA$162.02
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-8600 Desktop Processor 6 Core up to 4.3GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W
Buy for CA$162.02 on Amazon
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Updated 223 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-9400F
Desktop • Jan 8th, 2019
Core i5-8600
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i5-9400F
Desktop • Jan 8th, 2019
Single-Core
1378
94.64285714285714%
Multi-Core
4834
96.16073204694648%
Intel Core i5-9400F | vs | Intel Core i5-8600 |
|---|---|---|
Jan 8th, 2019 | Release Date | Feb 14th, 2018 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 6 |
| 6 | Threads | 6 |
| 2.9 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.1 GHz |
| 4.1 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.3 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 29.0x | Multiplier | 31.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i5-9400F or Core i5-8600
Escape From Tarkov, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
102 FPS
CA$6.78/FPS
Radeon RX 580
Core i5-9400F
16 GB, N/A Storage
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107 FPS
CA$18.69/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
Core i5-9400F
8 GB, 120 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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