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Key Differences
In short — Core i9-11900F outperforms the cheaper Core i5-9400F on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Core i5-9400F is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i9-11900F is 798 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-9400F.
Advantages of Intel Core i9-11900F
- Performs up to 31% better in Counter-Strike 2 than Core i5-9400F - 471 vs 360 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-9400F - 16 vs 6 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i5-9400F
- Up to 52% cheaper than Core i9-11900F - £108.88 vs £228.97
- Up to 39% better value when playing Counter-Strike 2 than Core i9-11900F - £0.3 vs £0.49 per FPS
Counter-Strike 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Core i9-11900F
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
471
100%
Value, £/FPS
£0.49/FPS
61%
Price, £
£228.97
47%
FPS 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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Core i5-9400F
Desktop • Jan 8th, 2019
FPS
360
76%
Value, £/FPS
£0.3/FPS
100%
Price, £
£108.88
100%
Value Winner
Intel Core i5-9400F 2.9GHz LGA1151 9M Cache BOX CPU
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Core i9-11900F
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Core i5-9400F
Desktop • Jan 8th, 2019
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i9-11900F | vs | Intel Core i5-9400F |
|---|---|---|
Mar 16th, 2021 | Release Date | Jan 8th, 2019 |
| Core i9 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Rocket Lake | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| Intel Socket 1200 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 | Cores | 6 |
16 | Threads | 6 |
| 2.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.9 GHz |
5.2 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.1 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 25.0x | Multiplier | 29.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i9-11900F or Core i5-9400F
Counter-Strike 2, 1920 x 1080, Very High
350 FPS
£3.73/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Core i9-11900F
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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279 FPS
£3.28/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i9-11900F
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£914.99
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471 FPS
£6.04/FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
Core i9-11900F
32 GB, N/A Storage
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£2,843.95
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350 FPS
£4.09/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Core i9-11900F
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,429.95
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