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Intel Core i5 9400F vs Intel Pentium Gold G5400

Intel Core i5 9400F Cpu
Intel Core i5 9400F
Intel Pentium Gold G5400 Cpu
Intel Pentium Gold G5400
Editiorial reviews
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Intel's Core i5-9400 and -9400F CPUs, armed with with six cores and six threads, come to defend the company's gaming dominance in the mid-range market.Read more
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Intel's Coffee Lake Pentium Gold processors land with friendly price points for budget builds. But AMD has a potent challenger in its Ryzen 3 2200G.Read more
Intel's dual-core, four-thread Pentium Gold G5600 offers solid performance, but it doesn't quite stack up in real-world pricing or pep-for-money against AMD's similarly priced processors.Read more
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User rating
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39 user ratings
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Full Comparison

General

Intel Core i5 9400FIntel Core i5 9400F
Intel Pentium Gold G5400Intel Pentium Gold G5400
Processor socketLGA 1151LGA 1151
Component forPCPC
Operating modes64-bit64-bit

Processor

Intel Core i5 9400FIntel Core i5 9400F
Intel Pentium Gold G5400Intel Pentium Gold G5400
Clock speed2.9 GHz3.7 GHz
Number of cores62
Number of threads64
Thermal Design Power (TDP)65.0 W54.0 W
Processor lithography0.0 in0.0 in
Bus typeDMI3DMI3
Idle statesyesyes

Integrated Graphics

Intel Core i5 9400FIntel Core i5 9400F
Intel Pentium Gold G5400Intel Pentium Gold G5400
On-board graphics adapternoyes
TypeNot availableIntel UHD Graphics 610

Memory

Intel Core i5 9400FIntel Core i5 9400F
Intel Pentium Gold G5400Intel Pentium Gold G5400
Cache9 MB4 MB
Cache typeSmart CacheSmart Cache
Memory clock speeds supported by processor2666.0 MHz2400.0 MHz
Maximum internal memory supported by processor128.0 GB64.0 GB
Memory types supported by processorDDR4 SDRAMDDR4 SDRAM
Memory bandwidth supported by processor (max)41.6 GB/s37.5 GB/s
Memory channelsDualDual

Thermals

Intel Core i5 9400FIntel Core i5 9400F
Intel Pentium Gold G5400Intel Pentium Gold G5400
Cooler includednono
Thermal specification212.0 °F212.0 °F

Features

Intel Core i5 9400FIntel Core i5 9400F
Intel Pentium Gold G5400Intel Pentium Gold G5400
Thermal monitoring technologiesyesyes
Maximum number of PCI Express lanes1616
Supported instruction sets
  • AVX 2.0
  • SSE4.1
  • SSE4.2
  • SSE4.1
  • SSE4.2
Execute disable bityesyes
Scalability1S1S

Pros & Cons

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