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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-9400F outperforms the cheaper Pentium Gold G5400 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-9400F is 281 days newer than the cheaper Pentium Gold G5400.
Advantages of Intel Pentium Gold G5400
- Up to 26% cheaper than Core i5-9400F - CA$113.88 vs CA$153.88
- Consumes up to 11% less energy than Intel Core i5-9400F - 58 vs 65 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i5-9400F doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of Intel Core i5-9400F
- Performs up to 54% better in Diablo IV than Pentium Gold G5400 - 188 vs 122 FPS
- Up to 12% better value when playing Diablo IV than Pentium Gold G5400 - CA$0.82 vs CA$0.93 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium Gold G5400 - 6 vs 4 threads
Diablo IV
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Pentium Gold G5400
Desktop • Apr 2nd, 2018
FPS
122
64%
Value, CA$/FPS
CA$0.93/FPS
88%
Price, CA$
CA$113.88
100%
Intel® Pentium® Gold G5400 Desktop Processor 2 Core 3.7GHz LGA1151 300 Series 54W/58W BX80684G5400
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Core i5-9400F
Desktop • Jan 8th, 2019
FPS
188
100%
Value, CA$/FPS
CA$0.82/FPS
100%
Price, CA$
CA$153.88
74%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel Core™ i5-9400F Desktop Processor 6 Cores 4.1 GHz Turbo Without Graphics - 2.9 GHz (BX80684I59400F)
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Pentium Gold G5400
Desktop • Apr 2nd, 2018
Core i5-9400F
Desktop • Jan 8th, 2019
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Pentium Gold G5400 | vs | Intel Core i5-9400F |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 2nd, 2018 | Release Date | Jan 8th, 2019 |
| Pentium Gold | Collection | Core i5 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 | Cores | 6 |
| 4 | Threads | 6 |
3.7 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.9 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.1 GHz |
58 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
37.0x | Multiplier | 29.0x |
UHD Graphics 610 | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Pentium Gold G5400 or Core i5-9400F
Diablo IV, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
1 FPS
CA$1844.99/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
Core i5-9400F
8 GB, 120 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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