Intel Core i5-10400F vs Intel Core i5-9600KF. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 10000 Intel Core i 9000
• Family
  Intel Core i5 Intel Core i5
• Generation
  10 9
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i5-9400F -
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Successor
  Intel Core i5-11400F Intel Core i5-10600KF

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  2.9 GHz 3.7 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  6 6
• CPU Threads
  12 6
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.3 GHz 4.6 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  4 GHz 4.3 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  None None

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  No No
• VC-1
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-9600KF and Intel Core i5-10400F. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 128 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-2666 DDR4-2666
• PCIe lanes
  16 16
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-10400F and Intel Core i5-9600KF Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  100 °C 100 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  65 W 95 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-10400F and Intel Core i5-9600KF, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Comet Lake S Coffee Lake S Refresh
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L3-Cache
  12 MB 9 MB
• Release date
  Q2/2020 Q1/2019
• Socket
  LGA 1200 LGA 1151-2
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d