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Core i5-9400 vs Celeron G550

Core i5-9400 vs Celeron G550: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

FPS Winner

Intel Core i5-9400

2.9 GHz | 6-core

Intel Core i5-9400 Logo
Intel Core i5-9400 Desktop Processor 6 Cores 2. 90 GHz up to 4. 10 GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W Processors BX80684I59400

Buy for $160.91 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 6255 minutes ago

vs

Intel Celeron G550

2.6 GHz | 2-core

Intel Celeron G550 Logo
Intel Celeron G550 LGA1155 2.6G 32NM Dual-Core Processor, BX80623G550

Buy for $49 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 6254 minutes ago

FPS Winner

Intel Core i5-9400

2.9 GHz | 6-core

Intel Core i5-9400 Logo
Intel Core i5-9400 Desktop Processor 6 Cores 2. 90 GHz up to 4. 10 GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W Processors BX80684I59400

Buy for $160.91 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 6255 minutes ago

vs

Intel Celeron G550

2.6 GHz | 2-core

Intel Celeron G550 Logo
Intel Celeron G550 LGA1155 2.6G 32NM Dual-Core Processor, BX80623G550

Buy for $49 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 6254 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — Core i5-9400 outperforms the cheaper Celeron G550 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Celeron G550 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i5-9400 is 2331 days newer than the cheaper Celeron G550.

Advantages of Intel Core i5-9400

  • Performs up to 19% better in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 than Celeron G550 - 106 vs 89 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Celeron G550 - 6 vs 2 threads

Advantages of Intel Celeron G550

  • Up to 70% cheaper than Core i5-9400 - $49.0 vs $160.91
  • Up to 64% better value when playing Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 than Core i5-9400 - $0.55 vs $1.52 per FPS
This is a free version of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020.
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i5-9400 Logo
Core i5-9400

Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018


FPS

106

100%

Value, $/FPS

$1.52/FPS

36%

Price, $

$160.91

30%

FPS Winner

Intel Core i5-9400 Desktop Processor 6 Cores 2. 90 GHz up to 4. 10 GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W Processors BX80684I59400

Buy for $160.91 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 6255 minutes ago

Intel Celeron G550 Logo
Celeron G550

Desktop • Jun 1st, 2012


FPS

89

83%

Value, $/FPS

$0.55/FPS

100%

Price, $

$49

100%

Value Winner

Intel Celeron G550 LGA1155 2.6G 32NM Dual-Core Processor, BX80623G550

Buy for $49 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 6254 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i5-9400 Logo
Core i5-9400

Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018

Intel Celeron G550 Logo
Celeron G550

Desktop • Jun 1st, 2012

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i5-9400 Logo
Core i5-9400

Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018


Single-Core

1384

100%

Multi-Core

4795

100%

Intel Celeron G550 Logo
Celeron G550

Desktop • Jun 1st, 2012


Single-Core

385

27%

Multi-Core

629

13%

Intel Core i5-9400 Logo

Intel Core i5-9400

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Intel Celeron G550 Logo

Intel Celeron G550

Oct 19th, 2018
Release DateJun 1st, 2012
Core i5CollectionCeleron
Coffee LakeCodenameSandy Bridge
Intel Socket 1151SocketIntel Socket 1155
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
6
Cores2
6
Threads2
2.9 GHz
Base Clock Speed2.6 GHz
4.1 GHzTurbo Clock SpeedNon-Turbo
65 WTDP65 W
14 nm
Process Size32 nm
29.0x
Multiplier26.0x
UHD 630Integrated GraphicsIntel HD (Sandy Bridge)
NoOverclockableNo

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