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Core i9-9980XE vs Core i5-8400

Core i9-9980XE vs Core i5-8400: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Core i9-9980XE 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 i9-9980XE is 379 days newer than Core i5-8400.

Advantages of Intel Core i9-9980XE

  • Performs up to 1% better in Battlefield 2042 than Core i5-8400 - 162 vs 161 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8400 - 36 vs 6 threads

Advantages of Intel Core i5-8400

  • Consumes up to 61% less energy than Intel Core i9-9980XE - 65 vs 165 Watts
This is a free version of Battlefield 2042.
Battlefield 2042

Battlefield 2042

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i9-9980XE Logo
Core i9-9980XE

Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018


FPS

162

100%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

FPS Winner

Intel Core i5-8400 Logo
Core i5-8400

Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017


FPS

161

99.38271604938271%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

£146.66

100%

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

Buy for £146.66 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 138 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i9-9980XE Logo
Core i9-9980XE

Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018

Intel Core i5-8400 Logo
Core i5-8400

Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i9-9980XE Logo
Core i9-9980XE

Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018


Single-Core

1420

100%

Multi-Core

11230

100%

Intel Core i5-8400 Logo
Core i5-8400

Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017


Single-Core

1353

95.28169014084507%

Multi-Core

4748

42.27960819234194%

Intel Core i9-9980XE

vs

Intel Core i5-8400

Oct 19th, 2018
Release DateOct 5th, 2017
Core i9 ExtremeCollectionCore i5
SkylakeCodenameCoffee Lake
Intel Socket 2066SocketIntel Socket 1151
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
18
Cores6
36
Threads6
3.0 GHz
Base Clock Speed2.8 GHz
4.4 GHz
Turbo Clock Speed4.0 GHz
165 WTDP
65 W
14 nmProcess Size14 nm
30.0x
Multiplier28.0x
NoneIntegrated GraphicsNone
Yes
OverclockableNo

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