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Core i9-9900X vs Core i5-8400

Core i9-9900X vs Core i5-8400: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Core i9-9900X outperforms Core i5-8400 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i9-9900X is 379 days newer than Core i5-8400.

Advantages of Intel Core i9-9900X

  • Performs up to 1% better in Crysis 3 Remastered than Core i5-8400 - 182 vs 181 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8400 - 20 vs 6 threads

Advantages of Intel Core i5-8400

  • Consumes up to 61% less energy than Intel Core i9-9900X - 65 vs 165 Watts
This is a free version of Crysis 3 Remastered.
Crysis 3 Remastered

Crysis 3 Remastered

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Very High

Intel Core i9-9900X Logo
Core i9-9900X

Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018


FPS

182

100%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

FPS Winner

Intel Core i5-8400 Logo
Core i5-8400

Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017


FPS

181

99.45054945054946%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

£156.85

100%

Intel Core i5-8400 Retail - (1151/Hex Core/2.80GHz/9MB/Coffee Lake/65W/Graphics)

Buy for £156.85 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 75019 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Very High

Intel Core i9-9900X Logo
Core i9-9900X

Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018

Intel Core i5-8400 Logo
Core i5-8400

Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i9-9900X Logo
Core i9-9900X

Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018


Single-Core

1488

100%

Multi-Core

9516

100%

Intel Core i5-8400 Logo
Core i5-8400

Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017


Single-Core

1353

90.92741935483872%

Multi-Core

4748

49.89491382934006%

Intel Core i9-9900X Logo

Intel Core i9-9900X

vs
Intel Core i5-8400 Logo

Intel Core i5-8400

Oct 19th, 2018
Release DateOct 5th, 2017
Core i9CollectionCore i5
SkylakeCodenameCoffee Lake
Intel Socket 2066SocketIntel Socket 1151
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
10
Cores6
20
Threads6
3.5 GHz
Base Clock Speed2.8 GHz
4.4 GHz
Turbo Clock Speed4.0 GHz
165 WTDP
65 W
14 nmProcess Size14 nm
35.0x
Multiplier28.0x
NoneIntegrated GraphicsNone
Yes
OverclockableNo

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