Intel Core i9-9900K vs Intel Core i5-2400

Compare Intel 9th Generation Core i9 8 core CPU vs Intel Core 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 350.22
$ 60.50
$ 289.72 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6719 points
251% significantly better overall score
1911 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8223 points
134% significantly better gaming score
3500 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6214 points
325% significantly better multitasking score
1462 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6073 points
332% significantly better heavy workload score
1403 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

175.64 points
561% significantly higher Blender score
26.55 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7957 points
393% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1612 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1634 points
197% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
550 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8053 points
401% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1606 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1703 points
209% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
551 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
100% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
300% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
16% slightly higher clock speed
3.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz
47% significantly higher turbo speed
3.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
Identical
95 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
300% significantly more supported memory
32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

209th of 1,089
737th of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i9
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 November
2011 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i9-9900K vs Core i5-2400 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-9900K is faster than the Core i5-2400. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-2400 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-9900K has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i5-2400 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-2400. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-9900K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-2400. Also, the Core i9-9900K has a significantly 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 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. Indeed, the Core i9-9900K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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