Intel Core i5-11400 vs Intel Core i9-10900F

Core i5-11400 vs Core i9-10900F specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-10900F performs better than the Core i5-11400. Despite this, the Core i5-11400 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-10900F has significantly more cores than the Core i5-11400. Indeed, the Core i9-10900F has 10 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-11400. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11400. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-11400 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-10900F. Despite this, the Core i9-10900F has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i5-11400 has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-10900F. Despite this, the Core i9-10900F has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-11400.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-11400 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.