Intel Core i5-10400 vs Intel Core i5-9600KF

Core i5-10400 vs Core i5-9600KF specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-10400 is faster than the Core i5-9600KF. Despite this, the Core i5-9600KF has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i5-10400 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-9600KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-10400. Also, the Core i5-9600KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-10400 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-9600KF CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache. The Core i5-10400 also has slightly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i5-10400 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.