Intel Core i9-9940X vs Intel Core i5-13400F

Core i9-9940X vs Core i5-13400F comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-13400F beats the Core i9-9940X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-9940X in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-9940X has slightly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Core i5-13400F that has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-13400F. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-9940X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-13400F. Despite this, the Core i5-13400F has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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 i9-9940X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.