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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-11400F outperforms the more expensive Core i9-9900X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-11400F is 879 days newer than the more expensive Core i9-9900X.
Advantages of Intel Core i9-9900X
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-11400F - 20 vs 12 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i5-11400F
- Performs up to 5% better in A Plague Tale: Requiem than Core i9-9900X - 140 vs 133 FPS
- Up to 75% cheaper than Core i9-9900X - CA$195.62 vs CA$774.0
- Up to 76% better value when playing A Plague Tale: Requiem than Core i9-9900X - CA$1.4 vs CA$5.82 per FPS
- Consumes up to 61% less energy than Intel Core i9-9900X - 65 vs 165 Watts
A Plague Tale: Requiem
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Intel Core i9-9900X 3.5 Ghz Ten-Core Lga 2066 Processor 3.5 10 BX80673I99900X
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Core i5-11400F
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
140
100%
Value, CA$/FPS
CA$1.4/FPS
100%
Price, CA$
CA$195.62
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
Ultra
Core i9-9900X
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
Core i5-11400F
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i9-9900X | vs | Intel Core i5-11400F |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 19th, 2018 | Release Date | Mar 16th, 2021 |
| Core i9 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Skylake | Codename | Rocket Lake |
| Intel Socket 2066 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
10 | Cores | 6 |
20 | Threads | 12 |
3.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.6 GHz |
| 4.4 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.4 GHz |
| 165 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
35.0x | Multiplier | 26.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i9-9900X or Core i5-11400F
A Plague Tale: Requiem, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
35 FPS
CA$48.57/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Core i5-11400F
8 GB, 500 GB SSD
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39 FPS
CA$38/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-11400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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CA$1,482.06
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18 FPS
CA$124.44/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650
Core i5-11400F
8 GB, 512 GB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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29 FPS
CA$65.52/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-11400F
8 GB, N/A Storage
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CA$1,899.99
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