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Is the Intel Core i5-9400F @ 2.90GHz Good for Gaming?
This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. But this CPU contains 6 Cores and 6 Threads. Paired with a good videocard, is this CPU Good for Gaming? This CPU should be able to play most games, but may be a bottleneck on newer releases. [More ...]
Description:
Class: Desktop, Laptop
Socket: FCLGA1151-2
Clockspeed: 2.9 GHz
Turbo Speed: 4.1 GHz
Cores: 6 Threads: 6
Typical TDP: 65 W
Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 6 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 6 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 6 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 9 MB
Memory Support: Max. Memory Size: 128 GB (DDR4-2666)
Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-9400F CPU @ 2.90GHz, Intel Core i5-9400F CPU @ 2.90GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2019
CPUmark/$Price: 137.21
Overall Rank:
1249th fastest in multithreading out of 4910 CPUs
937th fastest in single threading out of 4910 CPUs
396th fastest in out of 1400 Desktop CPUs
295th fastest in out of 1436 Laptop CPUs
Last Price Change: $69.00 USD (2024-12-17)
| Integer Math | 26,266 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 22,501 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 38 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 16,420 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 2,887 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 133,369 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 652 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 11,700 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 2,435 MOps/Sec |
| Merchant | Price | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,920 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700H | 26,092 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | 20,993 | |
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 20,392 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,251 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,742 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,153 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,153 | |
| Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz | 11,820 | |
| Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 10,793 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 9,720 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 260.95 | |
| Intel Core i5-9400F @ 2.90GHz | 137.21 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 111.70 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700H | 57.09 | |
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 51.63 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 49.46 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 31.46 | |
| Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 11.24 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | NA |
| Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,616 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,686 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,686 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700H | 3,579 | |
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 3,071 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | 3,042 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,927 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 2,673 | |
| Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz | 2,652 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,566 | |
| Intel Core i5-9400F @ 2.90GHz | 2,435 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL2284864 - Dec 18 2024 | 9419 | |
| BL2284780 - Dec 18 2024 | 7248 | |
| BL2284768 - Dec 18 2024 | 9895 | |
| BL2284079 - Dec 17 2024 | 9363 | |
| BL2283935 - Dec 17 2024 | 9893 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i5-9400F @ 2.90GHz | 9,467 | |
| AMD Ryzen 3 3200G vs Intel Core i5-9400F | 7,124 (-24.8%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 2400G vs Intel Core i5-9400F | 8,730 (-7.8%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 3 3100 vs Intel Core i5-9400F | 11,590 (+22.4%) | |
| Intel Core i5-8600K @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Core i5-9400F | 10,196 (+7.7%) | |
| Intel Core i5-8600 @ 3.10GHz vs Intel Core i5-9400F | 9,959 (+5.2%) | |
| Intel Core i5-9500 @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Core i5-9400F | 9,832 (+3.8%) | |
| Intel Core i5-9400 @ 2.90GHz vs Intel Core i5-9400F | 9,374 (-1.0%) | |
| Intel Core i3-10100F @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Core i5-9400F | 8,747 (-7.6%) | |
| Intel Core i3-10100 @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Core i5-9400F | 8,652 (-8.6%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3500 vs Intel Core i5-9400F | 12,787 (+35.1%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 3 4100 vs Intel Core i5-9400F | 11,030 (+16.5%) | |
| Intel Core i5-9600KF @ 3.70GHz vs Intel Core i5-9400F | 10,674 (+12.8%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,248 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,940 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,882 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,563 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,323 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,869 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,586 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 245K | 9,424 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF | 9,305 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900KS | 9,192 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF | 9,159 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D | 8,916 | |
| Intel Core i5-9400F @ 2.90GHz | 1,568 |
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