Intel Core i5-9400 vs Intel Core i3-1315U

Compare Intel 9th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i3 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3754 points
10% slightly better overall score
3387 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6091 points
3% slightly better gaming score
5912 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3034 points
13% slightly better multitasking score
2674 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2911 points
13% slightly better heavy workload score
2561 points

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

78.76 points
36% slightly higher Blender score
57.79 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
Identical
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.9 GHz
141% significantly higher clock speed
1.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz
4.5 GHz
9% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
20
25% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory
64 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1.5 MiB
2 MiB
33% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

9 MiB
10 MiB
11% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

455th of 1,089
496th of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i5
13th Generation Core i3

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 February
2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR5-5200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i5-9400 vs Core i3-1315U specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-9400 performs better than the Core i3-1315U. Despite this, the Core i3-1315U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i3-1315U has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-9400 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-1315U. Despite this, the Core i3-1315U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i3-1315U has more L2 cache than the Core i5-9400. The Core i3-1315U also has slightly more L3 cache.

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. For instance, the Core i5-9400 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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