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Core i5-8400 vs Core i9-10900X

Core i5-8400 vs Core i9-10900X: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

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FPS Winner

Intel Core i9-10900X

3.7 GHz | 10-core

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Intel Core i9-10900X X-Serie Prozessor 10 Kerne mit 3.7 GHz (bis 4,7 GHz mit Turbo Boost 3.0, LGA2066 X299 Series 165W Prozessor (999PNG)

Buy for 659.85 on Amazon

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FPS Winner

Intel Core i9-10900X

3.7 GHz | 10-core

Intel Core i9-10900X Logo
Intel Core i9-10900X X-Serie Prozessor 10 Kerne mit 3.7 GHz (bis 4,7 GHz mit Turbo Boost 3.0, LGA2066 X299 Series 165W Prozessor (999PNG)

Buy for 659.85 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 74978 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — Core i9-10900X outperforms the cheaper Core i5-8400 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i9-10900X is 744 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-8400.

Advantages of Intel Core i5-8400

  • Up to 73% cheaper than Core i9-10900X - €177.5 vs €659.85
  • Consumes up to 61% less energy than Intel Core i9-10900X - 65 vs 165 Watts

Advantages of Intel Core i9-10900X

  • Performs up to 2% better in A Plague Tale: Requiem than Core i5-8400 - 134 vs 131 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8400 - 20 vs 6 threads
This is a free version of A Plague Tale: Requiem.
A Plague Tale: Requiem

A Plague Tale: Requiem

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i5-8400 Logo
Core i5-8400

Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017


FPS

131

97.76119402985076%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

€177.5

100%

Intel Core i5-8400 Prozessor (9 MB Cache, bis zu 4,00 GHz)

Buy for 177.5 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 74978 minutes ago

Intel Core i9-10900X Logo
Core i9-10900X

Desktop • Oct 19th, 2019


FPS

134

100%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

€659.85

26%

FPS Winner

Intel Core i9-10900X X-Serie Prozessor 10 Kerne mit 3.7 GHz (bis 4,7 GHz mit Turbo Boost 3.0, LGA2066 X299 Series 165W Prozessor (999PNG)

Buy for 659.85 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 74978 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i5-8400 Logo
Core i5-8400

Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017

Intel Core i9-10900X Logo
Core i9-10900X

Desktop • Oct 19th, 2019

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i5-8400 Logo
Core i5-8400

Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017


Single-Core

1353

85.8502538071066%

Multi-Core

4748

50.66695123252588%

Intel Core i9-10900X Logo
Core i9-10900X

Desktop • Oct 19th, 2019


Single-Core

1576

100%

Multi-Core

9371

100%

Intel Core i5-8400 Logo

Intel Core i5-8400

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Intel Core i9-10900X Logo

Intel Core i9-10900X

Oct 5th, 2017Release Date
Oct 19th, 2019
Core i5CollectionCore i9 Extreme
Coffee LakeCodenameCascade Lake
Intel Socket 1151SocketIntel Socket 2066
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
6Cores
10
6Threads
20
2.8 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.7 GHz
4.0 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
4.5 GHz
65 W
TDP165 W
14 nmProcess Size14 nm
28.0xMultiplier
37.0x
NoneIntegrated GraphicsNone
NoOverclockable
Yes

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