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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-11400F outperforms the more expensive Core i9-10900F on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-11400F is 320 days newer than the more expensive Core i9-10900F.
Advantages of Intel Core i9-10900F
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-11400F - 20 vs 12 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i5-11400F
- Performs up to 2% better in Hogwarts Legacy than Core i9-10900F - 91 vs 89 FPS
- Up to 48% cheaper than Core i9-10900F - $115.99 vs $225.0
- Up to 50% better value when playing Hogwarts Legacy than Core i9-10900F - $1.27 vs $2.53 per FPS
Hogwarts Legacy
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Intel Core i9-10900F Desktop Processor 10 Cores up to 5.2 GHz Without Processor Graphics LGA 1200 (Intel 400 Series chipset) 65W
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Core i5-11400F
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
91
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.27/FPS
100%
Price, $
$115.99
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-11400F Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.4 GHz LGA1200 (Intel® 500 Series & Select 400 Series Chipset) 65W
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i9-10900F
Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020
Core i5-11400F
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i9-10900F | vs | Intel Core i5-11400F |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 30th, 2020 | Release Date | Mar 16th, 2021 |
| Core i9 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Comet Lake | Codename | Rocket Lake |
| Intel Socket 1200 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
10 | Cores | 6 |
20 | Threads | 12 |
2.8 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.6 GHz |
5.2 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.4 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
28.0x | Multiplier | 26.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i9-10900F or Core i5-11400F
Hogwarts Legacy, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
41 FPS
$26.39/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Core i5-11400F
8 GB, 500 GB SSD
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23 FPS
$36.09/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650
Core i5-11400F
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$31.86/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-11400F
8 GB, N/A Storage
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$15/FPS
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Core i5-11400F
8 GB, N/A Storage
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23 FPS
$29.91/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650
Core i5-11400F
8 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$687.99
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46 FPS
$20.16/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-11400F
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$927.27
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46 FPS
$23.3/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-11400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,071.99
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35 FPS
$24/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-11400F
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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41 FPS
$29.98/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Core i5-11400F
16 GB, 480 GB SSD
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43 FPS
$20.93/FPS
Radeon RX 6600
Core i5-11400F
16 GB, N/A Storage
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