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Core i5-8400 vs Core i9-9900X

Core i5-8400 vs Core i9-9900X: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Core i9-9900X outperforms Core i5-8400 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i9-9900X is 379 days newer than Core i5-8400.

Advantages of Intel Core i5-8400

  • Consumes up to 61% less energy than Intel Core i9-9900X - 65 vs 165 Watts

Advantages of Intel Core i9-9900X

  • Performs up to 3% better in Grand Theft Auto V than Core i5-8400 - 132 vs 128 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8400 - 20 vs 6 threads
This is a free version of Grand Theft Auto V.
Grand Theft Auto V

Grand Theft Auto V

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i5-8400 Logo
Core i5-8400

Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017


FPS

128

96%

Value, £/FPS

£1.24/FPS

100%

Price, £

£158.88

100%

Value Winner

Intel Core i5-8400 Retail - (1151/Hex Core/2.80GHz/9MB/Coffee Lake/65W/Graphics)

Buy for £158.88 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 67 minutes ago

Intel Core i9-9900X Logo
Core i9-9900X

Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018


FPS

132

100%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

FPS Winner

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i5-8400 Logo
Core i5-8400

Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017

Intel Core i9-9900X Logo
Core i9-9900X

Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i5-8400 Logo
Core i5-8400

Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017


Single-Core

1353

90%

Multi-Core

4748

49%

Intel Core i9-9900X Logo
Core i9-9900X

Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018


Single-Core

1488

100%

Multi-Core

9516

100%

Intel Core i5-8400 Logo

Intel Core i5-8400

vs
Intel Core i9-9900X Logo

Intel Core i9-9900X

Oct 5th, 2017Release Date
Oct 19th, 2018
Core i5CollectionCore i9
Coffee LakeCodenameSkylake
Intel Socket 1151SocketIntel Socket 2066
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
6Cores
10
6Threads
20
2.8 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.5 GHz
4.0 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
4.4 GHz
65 W
TDP165 W
14 nmProcess Size14 nm
28.0xMultiplier
35.0x
NoneIntegrated GraphicsNone
NoOverclockable
Yes

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