Intel Core i5-9400F vs Intel Core i5-10500H

Core i5-9400F vs Core i5-10500H specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-10500H beats the Core i5-9400F in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-9400F in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i5-10500H has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-9400F has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-10500H. Despite this, the Core i5-10500H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-10500H outputs less heat than Core i5-9400F thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i5-9400F has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.