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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-9400F outperforms the cheaper Core i5-2550K on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-9400F is 2535 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-2550K.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-2550K
- Up to 3% cheaper than Core i5-9400F - $99.0 vs $101.79
Advantages of Intel Core i5-9400F
- Performs up to 5% better in God of War than Core i5-2550K - 174 vs 165 FPS
- Up to 2% better value when playing God of War than Core i5-2550K - $0.59 vs $0.6 per FPS
- Consumes up to 32% less energy than Intel Core i5-2550K - 65 vs 95 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-2550K - 6 vs 4 threads
God of War
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
BX80623I52550K Intel Core i5 Quad-core i5-2550K 3.4GHz Desktop Processor BX80623I52550K
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Core i5-9400F
Desktop • Jan 8th, 2019
FPS
174
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.59/FPS
100%
Price, $
$101.79
97%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-9400F Desktop Processor 6 Cores 4.1 GHz Turbo Without Graphics
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-2550K
Desktop • Jan 30th, 2012
Core i5-9400F
Desktop • Jan 8th, 2019
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-2550K | vs | Intel Core i5-9400F |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 30th, 2012 | Release Date | Jan 8th, 2019 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Sandy Bridge | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| Intel Socket 1155 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 6 |
| 4 | Threads | 6 |
3.4 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.9 GHz |
| 3.8 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.1 GHz |
| 95 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
34.0x | Multiplier | 29.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i5-2550K or Core i5-9400F
God of War, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
30 FPS
$39/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
Core i5-9400F
8 GB, 240 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$37.3/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
Core i5-9400F
8 GB, 120 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$36.79/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650
Core i5-9400F
8 GB, 512 GB SSD
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