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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:
1322nd fastest in multithreading out of 5027 CPUs
1000th fastest in single threading out of 5027 CPUs
413th fastest in out of 1418 Desktop CPUs
312th fastest in out of 1453 Laptop CPUs
Last Price Change: NA
| Integer Math | 26,203 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 22,485 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 38 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 16,347 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 2,894 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 133,086 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 653 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 11,692 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 | 58,775 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700H | 25,894 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | 20,930 | |
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 20,184 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,201 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,719 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,146 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,146 | |
| Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz | 11,733 | |
| Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 10,733 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 9,638 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 222.43 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 87.86 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700H | 56.66 | |
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 51.10 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 31.19 | |
| Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 11.18 | |
| 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 | 3,562 | |
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 3,056 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | 3,037 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,923 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 2,661 | |
| Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz | 2,643 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,564 | |
| Intel Core i5-9400F @ 2.90GHz | 2,431 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL2494414 - Mar 20 2025 | 8942 | |
| BL2494049 - Mar 19 2025 | 10098 | |
| BL2493975 - Mar 19 2025 | 10000 | |
| BL2493369 - Mar 19 2025 | 9931 | |
| BL2493017 - Mar 19 2025 | 7720 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i5-9400F @ 2.90GHz | 9,461 | |
| Intel Core i5-9600KF @ 3.70GHz vs Intel Core i5-9400F | 10,671 (+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 | 9,863 (+4.2%) | |
| Intel Core i5-9400 @ 2.90GHz vs Intel Core i5-9400F | 9,398 (-0.7%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3400G vs Intel Core i5-9400F | 9,229 (-2.4%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 3750H vs Intel Core i5-9400F | 8,063 (-14.8%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3550H vs Intel Core i5-9400F | 7,745 (-18.1%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 3700U vs Intel Core i5-9400F | 7,110 (-24.8%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 3 3200G vs Intel Core i5-9400F | 7,104 (-24.9%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 4500U vs Intel Core i5-9400F | 10,848 (+14.7%) | |
| Intel Core i5-8500 @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Core i5-9400F | 9,544 (+0.9%) | |
| Intel Core i5-8500B @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Core i5-9400F | 8,891 (-6.0%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,193 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,347 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,857 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,580 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,577 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,296 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,827 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 245K | 9,701 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 9,538 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,503 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 235 | 9,500 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF | 9,438 | |
| Intel Core i5-9400F @ 2.90GHz | 1,567 |
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