Intel Core i5-10500T vs Intel Core i5-9400

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs Intel 9th Generation Core i5 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i5-9400

Price

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$ 99.99

$ 39.01 significantly less expensive

$ 139.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3986 points

6% slightly better overall score

3754 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5707 points

6091 points

6% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3461 points

14% slightly better multitasking score

3034 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3351 points

15% slightly better heavy workload score

2911 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

80.54 points

2% slightly higher Blender score

78.76 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4686 points

4811 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1285 points

1393 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.3 GHz

2.9 GHz

26% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz

4.1 GHz

7% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

85% significantly lower TDP

65 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

Identical

128 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

437th of 1,089

455th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i5

9th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May

2019 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-10500T vs Core i5-9400 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-10500T is faster than the Core i5-9400. Despite this, the Core i5-9400 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i5-10500T has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-9400 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-10500T. Also, the Core i5-9400 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-10500T CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-9400 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i5-10500T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.