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Core i5-9400 vs Pentium G640

Core i5-9400 vs Pentium G640: 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 $126.93 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 36 minutes ago

vs

Intel Pentium G640

2.8 GHz | 2-core

Intel Pentium G640 Logo
Intel Pentium Dual-Core Processor G640 2.8 GHz 3 MB Cache LGA 1155 - BX80623G640

Buy for $30 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 30 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 $126.93 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 36 minutes ago

vs

Intel Pentium G640

2.8 GHz | 2-core

Intel Pentium G640 Logo
Intel Pentium Dual-Core Processor G640 2.8 GHz 3 MB Cache LGA 1155 - BX80623G640

Buy for $30 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 30 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — Core i5-9400 outperforms the cheaper Pentium G640 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i5-9400 is 2329 days newer than the cheaper Pentium G640.

Advantages of Intel Core i5-9400

  • Performs up to 32% better in Far Cry 6 than Pentium G640 - 120 vs 91 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G640 - 6 vs 2 threads

Advantages of Intel Pentium G640

  • Up to 76% cheaper than Core i5-9400 - $30.0 vs $126.93
This is a free version of Far Cry 6.
Far Cry 6

Far Cry 6

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i5-9400 Logo
Core i5-9400

Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018


FPS

120

100%

Value, $/FPS

Price, $

$126.93

23%

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 $126.93 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 36 minutes ago

Intel Pentium G640 Logo
Pentium G640

Desktop • Jun 3rd, 2012


FPS

91

75.83333333333333%

Value, $/FPS

Price, $

$30

100%

Intel Pentium Dual-Core Processor G640 2.8 GHz 3 MB Cache LGA 1155 - BX80623G640

Buy for $30 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 30 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 Pentium G640 Logo
Pentium G640

Desktop • Jun 3rd, 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 Pentium G640 Logo
Pentium G640

Desktop • Jun 3rd, 2012


Single-Core

444

32.080924855491325%

Multi-Core

750

15.641293013555787%

Intel Core i5-9400

vs

Intel Pentium G640

Oct 19th, 2018
Release DateJun 3rd, 2012
Core i5CollectionPentium
Coffee LakeCodenameSandy Bridge
Intel Socket 1151SocketIntel Socket 1155
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
6
Cores2
6
Threads2
2.9 GHz
Base Clock Speed2.8 GHz
4.1 GHzTurbo Clock SpeedNon-Turbo
65 WTDP65 W
14 nm
Process Size32 nm
29.0x
Multiplier28.0x
UHD 630Integrated GraphicsIntel HD (Sandy Bridge)
NoOverclockableNo

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