Intel Core i5-8500 vs Intel Core i5-9400

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 i5-9400

Price

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$ 179.99

$ 139.00

$ 40.99 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3718 points

3754 points

0.97% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6040 points

6091 points

0.84% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3002 points

3034 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2880 points

2911 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3756 points

5065 points

34% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

83.18 points

5% slightly higher Blender score

78.76 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4908 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

4782 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1369 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1342 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4868 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

4811 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1396 points

0.22% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1393 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz

3% slightly higher clock speed

2.9 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz

Identical

4.1 GHz

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

460th of 1,089

455th 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

2018 May

2019 February

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 i5-8500 vs Core i5-9400 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-8500 is faster than the Core i5-9400. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-9400 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-8500 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-9400. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. 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. The data shows that both these CPUs have same sized L2 caches and L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. For instance, the Core i5-8500 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.