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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: 86.81
Overall Rank:
1570th fastest in multithreading out of 5482 CPUs
1216th fastest in single threading out of 5482 CPUs
472nd fastest in out of 1484 Desktop CPUs
363rd fastest in out of 1516 Laptop CPUs
Last Price Change: $109.00 USD (2025-12-02)
| Integer Math | 26,132 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 22,475 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 38 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 16,260 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 2,915 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 132,658 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 654 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 11,688 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 2,424 MOps/Sec |
| Merchant | Price | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
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 | NA | CPU Not Available. See Other Models |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,357 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700H | 25,345 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | 20,681 | |
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 19,828 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 19,542 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,685 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,144 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,144 | |
| Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz | 11,545 | |
| Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 10,611 | |
| Intel Core i5-9400F @ 2.90GHz | 9,463 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 282.23 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 122.15 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 106.30 | |
| Intel Core i5-9400F @ 2.90GHz | 86.81 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700H | 55.46 | |
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 50.20 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 30.45 | |
| Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 11.05 | |
| 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 | 4,601 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,678 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,678 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700H | 3,512 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 3,487 | |
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 3,029 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | 3,010 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 2,620 | |
| Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz | 2,617 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,561 | |
| Intel Core i5-9400F @ 2.90GHz | 2,424 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL3119150 - Dec 09 2025 | 7479 | |
| BL3118828 - Dec 09 2025 | 9914 | |
| BL3118756 - Dec 09 2025 | 8742 | |
| BL3118733 - Dec 09 2025 | 9793 | |
| BL3118544 - Dec 09 2025 | 10332 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i5-9400F @ 2.90GHz | 9,463 | |
| Intel Core i5-9600KF @ 3.70GHz vs Intel Core i5-9400F | 10,648 (+12.5%) | |
| Intel Core i5-9400 @ 2.90GHz vs Intel Core i5-9400F | 9,370 (-1.0%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3400G vs Intel Core i5-9400F | 9,201 (-2.8%) | |
| Intel Core i5-8500 @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Core i5-9400F | 9,521 (+0.6%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 3 3100 vs Intel Core i5-9400F | 11,533 (+21.9%) | |
| Intel Core i5-9600K @ 3.70GHz vs Intel Core i5-9400F | 10,646 (+12.5%) | |
| Intel Core i5-9500 @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Core i5-9400F | 9,830 (+3.9%) | |
| Intel Core i5-8400T @ 1.70GHz vs Intel Core i5-9400F | 7,425 (-21.5%) | |
| Intel Core i5-9500F @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Core i5-9400F | 9,986 (+5.5%) | |
| Intel Core i7-7700 @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Core i5-9400F | 8,634 (-8.8%) | |
| Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.00GHz vs Intel Core i5-9400F | 8,063 (-14.8%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 3750H vs Intel Core i5-9400F | 7,986 (-15.6%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,441 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,126 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,254 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,796 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,513 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,449 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D | 10,350 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,270 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,778 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,670 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX | 9,644 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,477 | |
| Intel Core i5-9400F @ 2.90GHz | 1,567 |
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