Intel® Core™ i5-9400F Processor (9M Cache, up to 4.10 GHz)
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04/08/2020
SummaryChoosing the right CPU for your gaming rig can be a bit tricky. For gaming, you basically need a great graphics card, but the CPU is also essential because its performance will directly impact the video card.So, no matter how much you pay for a GPU, if th...
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09/13/2019
SummaryLegit Reviews has been using Blender in our benchmarks for years and hopefully you've found the results worthwhile and interesting. Blender, for those that might not know, is the free and open source 3D creation suite. It supports the entirety of the 3D p...
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08/05/2019
SummaryThat was interesting and even a bit brutal. We have to admit at times we felt we were feeding the 9400F to a woodchipper. Gaming was definitely closer than productivity but even then the Ryzen shined more than its predecessors ever could.Looking exclu...
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06/05/2019
SummaryWith recently seeing a deal on the Intel Core i5 9400F processor, I picked it up for testing as part of our Spectre / Meltdown / Foreshadow / Zombieload testing since it features some hardware mitigations and is otherwise quite similar to the unmitigated...
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06/05/2019
SummaryWith recently seeing a deal on the Intel Core i5 9400F processor, I picked it up for testing as part of our Spectre / Meltdown / Foreshadow / Zombieload testing since it features some hardware mitigations and is otherwise quite similar to the unmitigated...
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05/10/2019
SummaryThe Core i5-9400F represents the most iterative updates possible, yet it clings to the mid-range gaming crown. But the -9400F's lack of Hyper-Threading and a locked multiplier allows the Ryzen 5 2600X to rise up as a more attractive option when we look at...
Link to full reviewProsLeading game performance, Discounted price compared to vanilla Core i5-9400, Flimsy bundled cooler is better than nothing,
ConsDisabled graphics, Locked ratio multiplier, Big price-to-performance disadvantage compared to AMD in threaded workloads
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05/10/2019
SummaryThe Core i5-9400F represents the most iterative updates possible, yet it clings to the mid-range gaming crown. But the -9400F's lack of Hyper-Threading and a locked multiplier allows the Ryzen 5 2600X to rise up as a more attractive option when we look at...
Link to full reviewProsLeading game performance, Discounted price compared to vanilla Core i5-9400, Flimsy bundled cooler is better than nothing,
ConsDisabled graphics, Locked ratio multiplier, Big price-to-performance disadvantage compared to AMD in threaded workloads
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04/16/2019
SummaryWhen it comes to gaming it's fair to say there's no wrong option here and the Ryzen 5 2600X and Core i5-9400F are evenly matched. The 9400F is at times faster thanks to better game support and lower latencies, but the 2600X is often able to ensure smoothe...
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