Intel Core i5-8250U vs Intel Core i5-9400F

Core i5-8250U vs Core i5-9400F comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-9400F beats the Core i5-8250U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8250U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-9400F has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i5-8250U has 4 cores. Despite this, the Core i5-8250U has more threads than the Core i5-9400F. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-9400F has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-8250U. Also, the Core i5-9400F has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8250U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-9400F CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i5-9400F has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-8250U. The Core i5-9400F also has significantly 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 i5-8250U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.