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Key Differences
In short — Core i9-9900K outperforms the cheaper Pentium Gold G5400T on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Pentium Gold G5400T is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i9-9900K is 200 days newer than the cheaper Pentium Gold G5400T.
Advantages of Intel Core i9-9900K
- Performs up to 13% better in A Plague Tale: Requiem than Pentium Gold G5400T - 136 vs 120 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium Gold G5400T - 16 vs 4 threads
Advantages of Intel Pentium Gold G5400T
- Up to 80% cheaper than Core i9-9900K - $79.0 vs $405.0
- Up to 78% better value when playing A Plague Tale: Requiem than Core i9-9900K - $0.66 vs $2.98 per FPS
- Consumes up to 63% less energy than Intel Core i9-9900K - 35 vs 95 Watts
A Plague Tale: Requiem
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Intel Core i9-9900K Desktop Processor 8 Cores up to 5.0 GHz Turbo Unlocked LGA1151 300 Series 95W
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Pentium Gold G5400T
Desktop • Apr 2nd, 2018
FPS
120
88%
Value, $/FPS
$0.66/FPS
100%
Price, $
$79
100%
Value Winner
Intel Pentium Gold G5400T Processor 4M Cache 3.10 GHz LGA1151 (OEM Tray CPU)
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i9-9900K
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
Pentium Gold G5400T
Desktop • Apr 2nd, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i9-9900K | vs | Intel Pentium Gold G5400T |
|---|---|---|
Oct 19th, 2018 | Release Date | Apr 2nd, 2018 |
| Core i9 | Collection | Pentium Gold |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 | Cores | 2 |
16 | Threads | 4 |
3.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.1 GHz |
| 5.0 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 95 W | TDP | 35 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
36.0x | Multiplier | 31.0x |
| UHD Graphics 630 | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 610 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i9-9900K or Pentium Gold G5400T
A Plague Tale: Requiem, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
58 FPS
$81.03/FPS
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
Core i9-9900K
16 GB, 2 TB HDD
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36 FPS
$108.31/FPS
GeForce RTX 2070
Core i9-9900K
16 GB, 960 GB SSD + 3 TB HDD
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$3,899
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44 FPS
$90.89/FPS
GeForce RTX 2080
Core i9-9900K
32 GB, 512 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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