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Intel logo Core i5-9400
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General information Core i5-9400 Core i5-2550K
Launched Q1 2019 Q1 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1151-2 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Coffee Lake Refresh Sandy Bridge
Clock 2.9 GHz 14.7 % 3.4 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.1 GHz 0 % 3.8 GHz 7.3 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 31.6 % 95 W 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 56.3 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 9 MB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No No
Performance Core i5-9400 Core i5-2550K
Overall Score 49625 0 % 40433 18.5 %
Future Proof 69 % 0 % 28 % 59.4 %
Benchmark Score 6064 0 % 2673 55.9 %
Single Thread Score 2450.8 0 % 1751.5 28.5 %
Encrypting Data 2816.2 MB/s 0 % 1046.2 MB/s 62.9 %
Compressing Data 129.3 MB/s 0 % 65.6 MB/s 49.2 %
String objects sorting 16644.6 thousand/s 0 % 9014.9 thousand/s 45.8 %
Prime numbers generation 35.7 millions/s 0 % 25.8 millions/s 27.7 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 26378.1 millions/s 0 % 14642.3 millions/s 44.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 22589.8 millions/s 0 % 7449.6 millions/s 67 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-9400, Core i5-2550K.

Average frames per second Core i5-9400 Core i5-2550K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 102.1 FPS 74.8 FPS
High settings 163.4 FPS 119.7 FPS
Medium settings 204.2 FPS 149.6 FPS
Low settings 255.3 FPS 187.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 26.7 %

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 i5-2550K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 138.0 FPS 121.8 FPS
High settings 220.8 FPS 194.9 FPS
Medium settings 276.0 FPS 243.6 FPS
Low settings 345.0 FPS 304.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 11.7 %
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