Intel Core i5-11400F vs Intel Core i9-9820X

Core i5-11400F vs Core i9-9820X comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-11400F beats the Core i9-9820X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-9820X in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-9820X has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Core i5-11400F has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11400F. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-9820X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-11400F. Despite this, the Core i5-11400F has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-11400F CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-9820X CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i5-11400F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.