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Intel Core i3-9100 vs Intel Core i5-2400

Last updated: 2026-06-04

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i3-9100

Rank 2 - 55 %

Intel Core i5-2400

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i3-9100

Rank 2 - 59 %

Intel Core i5-2400

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 4.20 GHz

1,072 pts

4C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

615 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz

3,921 pts

4C / 4T · 3.10 GHz

2,011 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 4.20 GHz

1,394

4C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

598

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz

3,824

4C / 4T · 3.10 GHz

1,778

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 4.20 GHz

445 cb

4C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

253 cb

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 4.20 GHz

1,069

4C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

691

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz

1,630 cb

4C / 4T · 3.10 GHz

863 cb

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz

3,249

4C / 4T · 3.10 GHz

2,345

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel UHD Graphics 630

422

Intel HD Graphics 2000

106

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

1,751

4C / 4T · 3.10 GHz

1,230

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz

660 cb

4C / 4T · 3.10 GHz

355 cb

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-9100	Intel Core i5-2400
Family	Intel Core i3 (205)	Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU group	Intel Core i 9000 (34)	Intel Core i 2000 (28)
Architecture	Coffee Lake S Refresh	Sandy Bridge S
Technology	14 nm	32 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1151-2	LGA 1155
Predecessor	Intel Core i3-8100
Successor	Intel Core i3-10100

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i3-9100	Intel Core i5-2400
CPU Cores / Threads	4 / 4	4 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✗
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	4x	4x
Frequency:	3.60 GHz	3.10 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.20 GHz	3.40 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	3.80 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	6.00 MB	6.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i3-9100	Intel Core i5-2400
GPU name	Intel UHD Graphics 630	Intel HD Graphics 2000
GPU frequency	0.35 - 1.10 GHz	0.85 - 1.10 GHz
CUs / Shader	24 / 192	6 / 48
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	2
Max. GPU Memory	64 GB	2 GB
Technology	14 nm	32 nm
Release date	Q4/2017	Q1/2011

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-9100	Intel Core i5-2400
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i3-9100	Intel Core i5-2400
Memory	DDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s)	DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
Max. Memory	64 GB	32 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	Yes	No
PCIe	3.0 x 16	2.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s	8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i3-9100	Intel Core i5-2400
TDP	65 W	95 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i3-9100	Intel Core i5-2400
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Windows 10, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
Release date	Q2/2019	Q1/2011
Release price	122 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i3-9100 is 3.6 stars (42 ratings), while Intel Core i5-2400 has received 3.7 stars (45 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i3-9100
4C / 4T · 3.60 - 4.20 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i5-2400
4C / 4T · 3.10 - 3.40 GHz

★★★★★