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Key Differences
In short — Core i5-9400 outperforms the cheaper Core i3-2120 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Core i3-2120 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i5-9400 is 2798 days newer than the cheaper Core i3-2120.
Advantages of Intel Core i3-2120
- Up to 95% cheaper than Core i5-9400 - £9.41 vs £188.88
- Up to 95% better value when playing Resident Evil Village than Core i5-9400 - £0.03 vs £0.63 per FPS
Advantages of Intel Core i5-9400
- Performs up to 3% better in Resident Evil Village than Core i3-2120 - 300 vs 292 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i3-2120 - 6 vs 4 threads
Resident Evil Village
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1920 x 1080
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Core i3-2120
Desktop • Feb 20th, 2011
FPS
292
97%
Value, £/FPS
£0.03/FPS
100%
Price, £
£9.41
100%
Value Winner
BQTEC Intel Core i3-2120 3.30 GHz Dual-Core Quad-Thread 3 MB Cache 65 W CPU Processor LGA 1155
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Processor core i5 lga 1151 intel bx80684i59400 hexa core i5-9400
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1920 x 1080
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Core i3-2120
Desktop • Feb 20th, 2011
Core i5-9400
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i3-2120 | vs | Intel Core i5-9400 |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 20th, 2011 | Release Date | Oct 19th, 2018 |
| Core i3 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Sandy Bridge | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| Intel Socket 1155 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 | Cores | 6 |
| 4 | Threads | 6 |
3.3 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.9 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.1 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
33.0x | Multiplier | 29.0x |
| Intel HD 2000 | Integrated Graphics | UHD 630 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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