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

Core i7-9700KF vs Core i5-9400F comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-9700KF performs better than the Core i5-9400F. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-9400F in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-9700KF has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i5-9400F has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-9400F. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-9700KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-9400F. Also, the Core i7-9700KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-9400F outputs less heat than Core i7-9700KF thanks to a significantly lower TDP. 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 i7-9700KF has more L2 cache than the Core i5-9400F. The Core i7-9700KF 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 i7-9700KF has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.