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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i9-11900F outperforms the cheaper Core i5-10400 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i9-11900F is 320 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-10400.
Advantages of Intel Core i9-11900F
- Performs up to 9% better in A Plague Tale: Requiem than Core i5-10400 - 144 vs 132 FPS
- Up to 3% better value when playing A Plague Tale: Requiem than Core i5-10400 - £1.65 vs £1.7 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-10400 - 16 vs 12 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i5-10400
- Up to 5% cheaper than Core i9-11900F - £224.84 vs £237.38
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i9-11900F doesn't have integrated graphics
A Plague Tale: Requiem
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i9-11900F
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
144
100%
Value, £/FPS
£1.65/FPS
100%
Price, £
£237.38
94%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i9-11900F Desktop Processor 8 Cores up to 5.2 GHz LGA1200 (Intel® 500 Series & select 400 Series chipset) 65W
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Intel Core I5-10400 I5 10400 2.9 GHz Six-Core Twelve-Thread CPU Processor L2=1.5M L3=12M 65W LGA 1200
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i9-11900F
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Core i5-10400
Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i9-11900F | vs | Intel Core i5-10400 |
|---|---|---|
Mar 16th, 2021 | Release Date | Apr 30th, 2020 |
| Core i9 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Rocket Lake | Codename | Comet Lake |
| Intel Socket 1200 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 | Cores | 6 |
16 | Threads | 12 |
| 2.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.9 GHz |
5.2 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.3 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 25.0x | Multiplier | 29.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 630 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i9-11900F or Core i5-10400
A Plague Tale: Requiem, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
20 FPS
£53.15/FPS
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Core i5-10400
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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