Intel Core i5-8400 vs Intel Core i5-9500

Compare Intel 8th 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 i5-9500

Price

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$ 169.99

$ 149.00

$ 20.99 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3741 points

3906 points

4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6024 points

6425 points

6% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3030 points

3132 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2906 points

3003 points

3% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

77.12 points

95.73 points

24% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4729 points

4834 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1312 points

1444 points

10% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4858 points

4973 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1380 points

1468 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.8 GHz

3 GHz

7% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz

4.4 GHz

10% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

Identical

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

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB

Identical

384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1.5 MiB

Identical

1.5 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

9 MiB

Identical

9 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

456th of 1,089

441st of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i5

9th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November

2019 May

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 i5-8400 vs Core i5-9500 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-9500 is faster than the Core i5-8400. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8400 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-9500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8400. Also, the Core i5-9500 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, both these CPUs have the same amount of L2 cache and 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. For instance, the Core i5-8400 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.