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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-10400F outperforms the more expensive Core i9-7900X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-10400F is 1039 days newer than the more expensive Core i9-7900X.
Advantages of Intel Core i9-7900X
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-10400F - 20 vs 12 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i5-10400F
- Performs up to 0% better in Minecraft than Core i9-7900X - 710 vs 707 FPS
- Up to 76% cheaper than Core i9-7900X - £101.31 vs £428.88
- Up to 77% better value when playing Minecraft than Core i9-7900X - £0.14 vs £0.61 per FPS
- Consumes up to 54% less energy than Intel Core i9-7900X - 65 vs 140 Watts
Minecraft
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Intel BX80673I97900X Core Processor i9-7900X 3.3 GHz
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Core i5-10400F
Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020
FPS
710
100%
Value, £/FPS
£0.14/FPS
100%
Price, £
£101.31
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-10400F Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.3 GHz Without Processor Graphics LGA1200 (Intel® 400 Series chipset) 65W
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i9-7900X
Desktop • Jun 26th, 2017
Core i5-10400F
Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i9-7900X | vs | Intel Core i5-10400F |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 26th, 2017 | Release Date | Apr 30th, 2020 |
| Core i9 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Skylake-E/EP | Codename | Comet Lake |
| Intel Socket 2066 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
10 | Cores | 6 |
20 | Threads | 12 |
3.3 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.9 GHz |
| 4.3 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.3 GHz |
| 140 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
33.0x | Multiplier | 29.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i9-7900X or Core i5-10400F
Minecraft, 1920 x 1080, High
505 FPS
£1.39/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Core i5-10400F
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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505 FPS
£1.48/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Core i5-10400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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548 FPS
£1.82/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
Core i5-10400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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505 FPS
£1.73/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Core i5-10400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£874.95
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505 FPS
£2.41/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Core i5-10400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,214.95
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474 FPS
£1.75/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-10400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£829.95
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474 FPS
£1.5/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-10400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£709.95
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505 FPS
£2.42/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Core i5-10400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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494 FPS
£2.19/FPS
Radeon RX 6650 XT
Core i5-10400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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