Intel Core i5-9600 vs Intel Core i5-9400F

Core i5-9600 vs Core i5-9400F benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-9400F beats the Core i5-9600 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-9600 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-9600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-9400F. Also, the Core i5-9600 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. 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 i5-9600 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.