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In short — Core i5-9400F outperforms Pentium G840 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i5-9400F is 2788 days newer than Pentium G840.
Advantages of Intel Pentium G840
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i5-9400F doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of Intel Core i5-9400F
- Performs up to 15% better in Sea of Thieves than Pentium G840 - 235 vs 204 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G840 - 6 vs 2 threads
Sea of Thieves
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Mythical
Core i5-9400F
Desktop • Jan 8th, 2019
FPS
235
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.41/FPS
100%
Price, $
$96
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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
Mythical
Pentium G840
Desktop • May 22nd, 2011
Core i5-9400F
Desktop • Jan 8th, 2019
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Pentium G840 | vs | Intel Core i5-9400F |
|---|---|---|
| May 22nd, 2011 | Release Date | Jan 8th, 2019 |
| Pentium | Collection | Core i5 |
| Sandy Bridge | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| Intel Socket 1155 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 | Cores | 6 |
| 2 | Threads | 6 |
| 2.8 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.9 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.1 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 28.0x | Multiplier | 29.0x |
Intel HD (Sandy Bridge) | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Pentium G840 or Core i5-9400F
Sea of Thieves, 1920 x 1080, Mythical
80 FPS
$14.62/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
Core i5-9400F
8 GB, 240 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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GeForce GTX 1660
Core i5-9400F
8 GB, 120 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$10.75/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650
Core i5-9400F
8 GB, 512 GB SSD
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