Intel Core i7-9700 vs Intel Core i5-9400F

Core i7-9700 vs Core i5-9400F comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-9700 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.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-9700 has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i5-9400F that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-9400F. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-9700 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-9400F. Also, the Core i7-9700 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 info from our database shows that the Core i7-9700 has more L2 cache than the Core i5-9400F. The Core i7-9700 also has slightly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. For instance, the Core i7-9700 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.