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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: NA
Overall Rank:
1331st fastest in multithreading out of 5041 CPUs
1006th fastest in single threading out of 5041 CPUs
416th fastest in out of 1422 Desktop CPUs
314th fastest in out of 1455 Laptop CPUs
Last Price Change: NA
| Integer Math | 26,201 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 22,489 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 38 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 16,344 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 2,896 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 133,081 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 653 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 11,690 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 2,431 MOps/Sec |
| Merchant | Price | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
 | $105.00 USD | Buy Now! |
 | NA | CPU Not Available. See Other Models |
 | NA | CPU Not Available. See Other Models |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,755 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700H | 25,873 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | 20,917 | |
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 20,158 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,195 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,717 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,146 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,146 | |
| Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz | 11,721 | |
| Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 10,726 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 9,629 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 224.27 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 115.21 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700H | 56.61 | |
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 51.03 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 31.16 | |
| Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 11.17 | |
| Intel Core i5-9400F @ 2.90GHz | NA | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | NA | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | NA |
| Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,612 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,682 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,682 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700H | 3,558 | |
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 3,054 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | 3,035 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,923 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 2,659 | |
| Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz | 2,641 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,564 | |
| Intel Core i5-9400F @ 2.90GHz | 2,431 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL2523612 - Apr 01 2025 | 10001 | |
| BL2523025 - Apr 01 2025 | 9692 | |
| BL2522914 - Mar 31 2025 | 9737 | |
| BL2522886 - Mar 31 2025 | 9804 | |
| BL2522404 - Mar 31 2025 | 9924 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i5-9400F @ 2.90GHz | 9,462 | |
| Intel Core i5-9600KF @ 3.70GHz vs Intel Core i5-9400F | 10,672 (+12.8%) | |
| Intel Core i5-9600K @ 3.70GHz vs Intel Core i5-9400F | 10,650 (+12.6%) | |
| Intel Core i5-9500 @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Core i5-9400F | 9,870 (+4.3%) | |
| Intel Core i5-9400 @ 2.90GHz vs Intel Core i5-9400F | 9,397 (-0.7%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3400G vs Intel Core i5-9400F | 9,230 (-2.5%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 3750H vs Intel Core i5-9400F | 8,060 (-14.8%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3550H vs Intel Core i5-9400F | 7,746 (-18.1%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 3700U vs Intel Core i5-9400F | 7,107 (-24.9%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 3 3200G vs Intel Core i5-9400F | 7,098 (-25.0%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 4500U vs Intel Core i5-9400F | 10,843 (+14.6%) | |
| Intel Core i5-8500 @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Core i5-9400F | 9,541 (+0.8%) | |
| Intel Core i5-8500B @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Core i5-9400F | 8,891 (-6.0%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,366 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,189 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,358 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,857 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,599 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,539 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,295 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,822 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 245K | 9,704 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,531 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF | 9,440 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 235 | 9,439 | |
| Intel Core i5-9400F @ 2.90GHz | 1,567 |
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