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General information Core i5-9400 Core i3-550
Launched Q1 2019 Q2 2010
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1151-2 LGA1156
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Coffee Lake Refresh Clarkdale
Clock 2.9 GHz 9.4 % 3.2 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 0 % 2 66.7 %
Threads 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 11 % 73 W 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 56.3 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
2 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 9 MB
1 × 4 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No Yes
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630 Intel HD Graphics
Performance Core i5-9400 Core i3-550
Overall Score 49618 0 % 31921 35.7 %
Future Proof 69 % 0 % 18 % 73.9 %
Benchmark Score 6061 0 % 1038 82.9 %
Single Thread Score 2457.1 0 % 1331.7 45.8 %
Encrypting Data 2811.5 MB/s 0 % 2349.3 MB/s 16.4 %
Compressing Data 130.5 MB/s 0 % 34.5 MB/s 73.6 %
String objects sorting 16642.2 thousand/s 0 % 4811.2 thousand/s 71.1 %
Prime numbers generation 36.2 millions/s 0 % 10 millions/s 72.4 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 26658.2 millions/s 0 % 8428.7 millions/s 68.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 22923.3 millions/s 0 % 3637.7 millions/s 84.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-9400, Core i3-550.

Average frames per second Core i5-9400 Core i3-550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 102.0 FPS 49.6 FPS
High settings 163.3 FPS 79.4 FPS
Medium settings 204.1 FPS 99.3 FPS
Low settings 255.1 FPS 124.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 51.4 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Core i5-9400 Core i3-550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 137.9 FPS 106.6 FPS
High settings 220.7 FPS 170.6 FPS
Medium settings 275.8 FPS 213.2 FPS
Low settings 344.8 FPS 266.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 22.7 %
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