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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i9-10900F outperforms the cheaper Core i5-9500F on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i9-10900F is 373 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-9500F.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-9500F
- Up to 1% cheaper than Core i9-10900F - £234.95 vs £237.08
Advantages of Intel Core i9-10900F
- Performs up to 1% better in Red Dead Redemption 2 than Core i5-9500F - 161 vs 159 FPS
- Up to 1% better value when playing Red Dead Redemption 2 than Core i5-9500F - £1.47 vs £1.48 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-9500F - 20 vs 6 threads
Red Dead Redemption 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Highest
Core i5-9500F Processor 3 GHz 9 MB Case Smart Cache
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Core i9-10900F
Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020
FPS
161
100%
Value, £/FPS
£1.47/FPS
100%
Price, £
£237.08
99%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel Core i9-10900F Desktop Processor 10 Cores up to 5.2 GHz Without Processor Graphics LGA 1200 (Intel 400 Series chipset) 65W
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1920 x 1080
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Highest
Core i5-9500F
Desktop • Apr 23rd, 2019
Core i9-10900F
Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-9500F | vs | Intel Core i9-10900F |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 23rd, 2019 | Release Date | Apr 30th, 2020 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i9 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Comet Lake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 10 |
| 6 | Threads | 20 |
3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.8 GHz |
| 4.4 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.2 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
30.0x | Multiplier | 28.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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