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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $196
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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-13400F outperforms the cheaper Core i9-9900X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-13400F is 1538 days newer than the cheaper Core i9-9900X.
Advantages of Intel Core i9-9900X
- Up to 37% cheaper than Core i5-13400F - CA$774.0 vs CA$1230.54
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-13400F - 20 vs 16 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i5-13400F
- Performs up to 94% better in Cities: Skylines II than Core i9-9900X - 60 vs 31 FPS
- Up to 18% better value when playing Cities: Skylines II than Core i9-9900X - CA$20.51 vs CA$24.97 per FPS
Cities: Skylines II
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Intel Core i9-9900X 3.5 Ghz Ten-Core Lga 2066 Processor 3.5 10 BX80673I99900X
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Core i5-13400F
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2023
FPS
60
100%
Value, CA$/FPS
CA$20.51/FPS
100%
Price, CA$
CA$1230.54
62%
FPS and Value Winner
Thermaltake LCGS Quartz i460 R4 Gaming Desktop (Intel Core™ i5-13400F, 3600Mhz 16GB RGB Memory, NVIDIA GeForce® RTX 4060, 1TB NVMe M.2) S2QT-B66R-460-LCS
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i9-9900X
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
Core i5-13400F
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2023
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i9-9900X | vs | Intel Core i5-13400F |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 19th, 2018 | Release Date | Jan 4th, 2023 |
| Core i9 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Skylake | Codename | Raptor Lake |
| Intel Socket 2066 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 10 | Cores | 10 |
20 | Threads | 16 |
3.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.5 GHz |
| 4.4 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.6 GHz |
| 165 W | TDP | Not Available |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
35.0x | Multiplier | 25.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i9-9900X or Core i5-13400F
Cities: Skylines II, 1920 x 1080, High
6 FPS
CA$205.09/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Core i5-13400F
16 GB, N/A Storage
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6 FPS
CA$226.25/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Core i5-13400F
16 GB, N/A Storage
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2 FPS
CA$778.52/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-13400F
16 GB, 512 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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6 FPS
CA$263.12/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Core i5-13400F
32 GB, N/A Storage
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