Intel Core i5-9400F vs Intel Core i5-5200U

Core i5-9400F vs Core i5-5200U specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-9400F beats the Core i5-5200U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-5200U 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 i5-5200U has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-5200U. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-9400F has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-5200U. Also, the Core i5-9400F has a significantly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-5200U 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. In terms of cache, the Core i5-9400F has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-5200U. The Core i5-9400F also has significantly more 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 i5-9400F has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.