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Core i9-10900KF vs Core i5-11400F

Core i9-10900KF vs Core i5-11400F: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-11400F outperforms the more expensive Core i9-10900KF on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-11400F is 320 days newer than the more expensive Core i9-10900KF.

Advantages of Core i9-10900KF

  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-11400F - 20 vs 12 threads

Advantages of Core i5-11400F

  • Performs up to 7% better in Counter-Strike 2 than Core i9-10900KF - 442 vs 414 FPS
  • Up to 74% cheaper than Core i9-10900KF - £109.99 vs £424.09
  • Up to 75% better value when playing Counter-Strike 2 than Core i9-10900KF - £0.25 vs £1.02 per FPS
  • Consumes up to 48% less energy than Intel Core i9-10900KF - 65 vs 125 Watts
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This is a free version of Counter-Strike 2.
Counter-Strike 2

Counter-Strike 2

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Very High

Intel Core i9-10900KF Logo
Core i9-10900KF

Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020


FPS

414

94%

Value, £/FPS

£1.02/FPS

25%

Price, £

£424.09

25%

Intel Core i5-11400F Logo
Core i5-11400F

Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021


FPS

442

100%

Value, £/FPS

£0.25/FPS

100%

Price, £

£109.99

100%

FPS and Value Winner

INTEL - CLIENT CPU CORE I5-11400F 2.60GHZ SKTLGA1200 12.00MB CACHE BOXED

Buy for £109.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 354 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Very High

Intel Core i9-10900KF Logo
Core i9-10900KF

Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020

Intel Core i5-11400F Logo
Core i5-11400F

Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i9-10900KF Logo
Core i9-10900KF

Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020


Single-Core

1763

90%

Multi-Core

9154

100%

Intel Core i5-11400F Logo
Core i5-11400F

Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021


Single-Core

1961

100%

Multi-Core

7608

83%

Intel Core i9-10900KF Logo

Core i9-10900KF

vs
Intel Core i5-11400F Logo

Core i5-11400F

Apr 30th, 2020
Mar 16th, 2021
Core i9Core i5
Comet LakeRocket Lake
Intel Socket 1200Intel Socket 1200
Desktop
Desktop
10
6
20
12
3.7 GHz
2.6 GHz
5.3 GHz
4.4 GHz
125 W
65 W
14 nm14 nm
37.0x
26.0x
NoneNone
Yes
No

PCs Using Core i9-10900KF or Core i5-11400F

With selected game settings

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