Intel Core i9-9900 vs Intel Core i5-11400H

Core i9-9900 vs Core i5-11400H comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-11400H performs better than the Core i9-9900. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-9900 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-9900 has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i5-11400H that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11400H. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-9900 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-11400H. Also, the Core i9-9900 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-11400H outputs less heat than Core i9-9900 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 i5-11400H has more L2 cache than the Core i9-9900. Despite this, the Core i9-9900 has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-11400H.

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. Indeed, the Core i9-9900 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.