Intel Core i5-9400F

Specifications Benchmarks Synonyms

Specifications

Technical data

CPU generation and family

CPU group
Intel Core i 9000
Family
Intel Core i5
Generation
9
Name
Intel Core i5-9400F
Predecessor
Intel Core i5-8400
Segment
Desktop / Server
Successor
Intel Core i5-10400F

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

A-Core
—
B-Core
—
Base Frequency
2.9 GHz
C-Core
—
Core architecture
normal
CPU Cores
6
CPU Threads
6
Hyperthreading / SMT
No
Overclocking
No
Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
4.1 GHz
Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
3.9 GHz

Internal Graphics

GPU name
None
Graphics verification source
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000058487/processors.html

Hardware codec support

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

Memory & PCIe

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

Encryption

AES-NI
Yes

Thermal Management

Maximum Operating Temperature
100 °C
TDP (PL1, legacy label)
65 W
TDP (PL2)
—
TDP down
—
TDP up
—

Technical details

Architecture
Coffee Lake S Refresh
Instruction set (ISA)
x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
L2-Cache
—
L3-Cache
9 MB
Part Number
—
Release date
Q1/2019
Socket
LGA 1151-2
Technology
14 nm
Virtualization
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i5-9400F CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

254 place
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

229 place
Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

248 place
Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

225 place
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

202 place
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

306 place
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

341 place
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

380 place
Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

86 place
Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)

29 place
Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)

162 place
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

311 place

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPU

Compare the scores of popular benchmarks Intel Core i5-9400F with other processors to understand the real speed of the CPU when processing content.

Tests include mathematical calculations, creation of 3D models, cryptocurrency mining, tests in single and multi-core modes.

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

Recent models: test results with identified primary sources — Cinebench R23 · Cinebench R20 · Cinebench R15 · Cinebench 2026 · RandomX benchmark

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Maxon's Cinebench R23 SC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading

Higher values are better in this metric.

1020

Intel Core i5-9400F

1021

AMD Epyc 7502P

1021

AMD Ryzen 5 2400G

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Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Maxon's Cinebench R23 MC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows using a multi-core and hyperthreading

Higher values are better in this metric.

5581

Intel Core i5-9400F

5612

Intel Core i3-10100

5612

Intel Core i5-8500

All the benchmark results

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 SC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading

Higher values are better in this metric.

423

Intel Core i5-9400F

425

AMD Ryzen 3 4300U

424

Intel Pentium Gold G6500

All the benchmark results

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 MC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, using a multi-core and hyperthreading

Higher values are better in this metric.

2407

Intel Core i5-9400F

2457

Intel Core i7-11370H

2444

Intel Core i3-10320

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Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench R15 SC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware

Higher values are better in this metric.

177

Intel Core i5-9400F

178

Intel Core i5-8400H

178

Intel Core i5-8600

All the benchmark results

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

The Cinebench R15 MC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware

Higher values are better in this metric.

987

Intel Core i5-9400F

1001

Intel Core i3-10100

1001

Intel Core i3-10100F

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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

1085

Intel Core i5-9400F

1086

Intel Core i3-9100F

1086

Intel Core i5-8500

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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

4753

Intel Core i5-9400F

4764

Intel Core i5-11300H

4761

Intel Core i5-8500

All the benchmark results

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is Open Source Software, creating predefined 3D scenes and measuring the time to execute them

Lower values are better; time in seconds.

367.5 s

Intel Core i5-9400F

333.8 s

Intel Xeon E-2276M

335.8 s

Intel Core i7-7700K

Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 3 SC for one CPU core, includes stress tests simulating real 3D scenarios for Windows, Mac, Linux, Ansroid, iOS

Higher values are better in this metric.

4820

Intel Core i5-9400F

4854

Intel Core i7-8850H

4850

AMD Ryzen 7 2700X

Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 3 MC using a multi-core and hyperthreading, includes stress tests simulating real 3D scenarios for Windows, Mac, Linux, Ansroid, iOS

Higher values are better in this metric.

21065

Intel Core i5-9400F

21436

Intel Core i5-9500

21436

Intel Core i5-9500F

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

PassMark is a test suite that performs complex mathematical calculations to determine CPU performance on file compression, encryption and physics-related tasks

Higher values are better in this metric.

12051

Intel Core i5-9400F

12139

Intel Core i7-3930k

12089

Intel Core i7-7700K

All the benchmark results

Synonyms

Nearby models in the composite benchmark index.

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted. Index 0–100: equal-weight mean of each score relative to the best saved score among models with both tests. Tests: Cinebench R23 Multi-Core + Geekbench 5 Multi-Core. This index does not predict performance in every workload.

Recent models: test results with identified primary sources — Cinebench R23 · Cinebench R20 · Cinebench R15 · Cinebench 2026 · RandomX benchmark