Intel Core i5-11600 vs Intel Core i5-9400F

Core i5-11600 vs Core i5-9400F specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-9400F performs better than the Core i5-11600. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-11600 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i5-11600 has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-9400F has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-11600. Despite this, the Core i5-11600 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 i5-11600 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-9400F. The Core i5-11600 also has slightly more L3 cache.

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 i5-11600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.