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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: 90.07
Overall Rank:
1396th fastest in multithreading out of 5135 CPUs
1067th fastest in single threading out of 5135 CPUs
438th fastest in out of 1448 Desktop CPUs
343rd fastest in out of 1488 Laptop CPUs
Last Price Change: $105.00 USD (2025-05-12)
Integer Math | 26,178 MOps/Sec |
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Floating Point Math | 22,469 MOps/Sec |
Find Prime Numbers | 38 Million Primes/Sec |
Random String Sorting | 16,318 Thousand Strings/Sec |
Data Encryption | 2,900 MBytes/Sec |
Data Compression | 132,968 KBytes/Sec |
Physics | 652 Frames/Sec |
Extended Instructions | 11,687 Million Matrices/Sec |
Single Thread | 2,429 MOps/Sec |
Merchant | Price | Purchase |
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Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
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Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,683 | |
Intel Core i7-12700H | 25,771 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | 20,860 | |
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 20,091 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,173 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,708 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,147 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,147 | |
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz | 11,666 | |
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 10,709 | |
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 9,568 |
Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
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AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 234.95 | |
Intel Core i9-13900K | 143.13 | |
Intel Core i5-9400F @ 2.90GHz | 90.07 | |
Intel Core i7-12700H | 56.39 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 51.92 | |
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 50.86 | |
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 30.96 | |
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 11.16 | |
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 | 4,611 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,681 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,681 | |
Intel Core i7-12700H | 3,548 | |
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 3,049 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | 3,029 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,921 | |
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 2,650 | |
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz | 2,634 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,563 | |
Intel Core i5-9400F @ 2.90GHz | 2,429 |
Baseline | CPU Mark | |
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BL2645022 - May 23 2025 | 10154 | |
BL2644502 - May 23 2025 | 10155 | |
BL5094956 - May 22 2025 | 9810 | |
BL2643265 - May 22 2025 | 10168 | |
BL2643073 - May 22 2025 | 10149 |
Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
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Intel Core i5-9400F @ 2.90GHz | 9,457 | |
Intel Core i5-9600KF @ 3.70GHz vs Intel Core i5-9400F | 10,665 (+12.8%) | |
Intel Core i5-9600K @ 3.70GHz vs Intel Core i5-9400F | 10,641 (+12.5%) | |
Intel Core i5-9500 @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Core i5-9400F | 9,872 (+4.4%) | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G vs Intel Core i5-9400F | 9,223 (-2.5%) | |
Intel Core i5-8500 @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Core i5-9400F | 9,537 (+0.8%) | |
AMD Ryzen 5 2400G vs Intel Core i5-9400F | 8,738 (-7.6%) | |
Intel Core i5-8500T @ 2.10GHz vs Intel Core i5-9400F | 7,728 (-18.3%) | |
Intel Core i5-8400 @ 2.80GHz vs Intel Core i5-9400F | 9,224 (-2.5%) | |
AMD Ryzen 5 1400 vs Intel Core i5-9400F | 7,737 (-18.2%) | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3500X vs Intel Core i5-9400F | 13,158 (+39.1%) | |
Intel Core i5-9600 @ 3.10GHz vs Intel Core i5-9400F | 10,273 (+8.6%) | |
Intel Core i5-8600 @ 3.10GHz vs Intel Core i5-9400F | 9,956 (+5.3%) |
Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
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AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,500 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,153 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,338 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,846 | |
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,589 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,509 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,281 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,809 | |
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K | 9,697 | |
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,521 | |
Intel Core Ultra 9 285 | 9,520 | |
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF | 9,423 | |
Intel Core i5-9400F @ 2.90GHz | 1,566 |