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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-9400F outperforms the more expensive Core i5-8400 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-9400F is 460 days newer than the more expensive Core i5-8400.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-9400F
- Performs up to 1% better in Alan Wake 2 than Core i5-8400 - 113 vs 112 FPS
- Up to 19% cheaper than Core i5-8400 - £128.88 vs £158.88
- Up to 20% better value when playing Alan Wake 2 than Core i5-8400 - £1.14 vs £1.42 per FPS
Alan Wake 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i5-9400F
Desktop • Jan 8th, 2019
FPS
113
100%
Value, £/FPS
£1.14/FPS
100%
Price, £
£128.88
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel Core i5-9400F 2.9GHz LGA1151 9M Cache BOX CPU
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Intel Core i5-8400 Retail - (1151/Hex Core/2.80GHz/9MB/Coffee Lake/65W/Graphics)
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Updated 12840 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i5-9400F
Desktop • Jan 8th, 2019
Core i5-8400
Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-9400F | vs | Intel Core i5-8400 |
|---|---|---|
Jan 8th, 2019 | Release Date | Oct 5th, 2017 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 6 |
| 6 | Threads | 6 |
2.9 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.8 GHz |
4.1 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.0 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
29.0x | Multiplier | 28.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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