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Is the Intel Core i5-10400F @ 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 12 Threads. Paired with a good videocard, is this CPU Good for Gaming? This CPU should be able to play most games. [More ...]
Description:
Class: Desktop
Socket: FCLGA1200
Clockspeed: 2.9 GHz
Turbo Speed: 4.3 GHz
Cores: 6 Threads: 12
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: 12 MB
Memory Support: Max. Memory Size: 128 GB (DDR4-2666)
Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-10400F CPU @ 2.90GHz, Intel Core i5-10400F CPU @ 2.90GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2020
CPUmark/$Price: 120.02
Overall Rank:
1418th fastest in multithreading out of 5790 CPUs
1142nd fastest in single threading out of 5790 CPUs
441st fastest in out of 1554 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $100.90 USD (2026-02-02)
| Integer Math | 41,486 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 25,974 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 35 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 23,202 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 4,088 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 186,007 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 696 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 12,512 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 2,541 MOps/Sec |
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 58,451 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,284 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 38,940 | |
| Apple M4 10 Core | 23,704 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,843 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 19,582 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,084 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,678 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,642 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,132 | |
| Intel Core i5-10400F @ 2.90GHz | 12,110 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 136.53 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 130.23 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 124.63 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 122.40 | |
| Intel Core i5-10400F @ 2.90GHz | 120.02 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 117.87 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 107.93 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 60.60 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M4 10 Core | NA |
| Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 4,694 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,600 | |
| Apple M4 10 Core | 4,516 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,886 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,676 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 3,489 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,467 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,365 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,914 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,560 | |
| Intel Core i5-10400F @ 2.90GHz | 2,541 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL3284599 - Feb 13 2026 | 11205 | |
| BL3284486 - Feb 13 2026 | 13151 | |
| BL3284468 - Feb 13 2026 [Excluded] | 4360 | |
| BL3284071 - Feb 13 2026 | 13494 | |
| BL3283914 - Feb 13 2026 | 13792 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i5-10400F @ 2.90GHz | 12,110 | |
| Intel Core i5-10400 @ 2.90GHz vs Intel Core i5-10400F | 11,986 (-1.0%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 3 3100 vs Intel Core i5-10400F | 11,527 (-4.8%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs Intel Core i5-10400F | 13,139 (+8.5%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 1600X vs Intel Core i5-10400F | 13,009 (+7.4%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3500 vs Intel Core i5-10400F | 12,782 (+5.5%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 3 3300X vs Intel Core i5-10400F | 12,588 (+3.9%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 1600 vs Intel Core i5-10400F | 12,258 (+1.2%) | |
| Intel Core i5-10500T @ 2.30GHz vs Intel Core i5-10400F | 10,173 (-16.0%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600X vs Intel Core i5-10400F | 18,133 (+49.7%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 3 5300G vs Intel Core i5-10400F | 13,042 (+7.7%) | |
| Intel Core i5-10500 @ 3.10GHz vs Intel Core i5-10400F | 13,000 (+7.4%) | |
| Intel Core i7-6800K @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Core i5-10400F | 10,714 (-11.5%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 | 14,501 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,433 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,123 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,257 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,794 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus | 10,695 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,518 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,380 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,257 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D | 10,196 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,779 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,775 | |
| Intel Core i5-10400F @ 2.90GHz | 1,837 |
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