Intel Core i5-4350U vs Intel Core i5-9500F

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i5-4350U CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i5-9500F
Intel Core i5-4350U Intel Core i5-9500F

CPU comparison

Intel Core i5-4350U or Intel Core i5-9500F - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Intel Core i5-4350U has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.90 GHz. Up to 16 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-4350U was released in Q3/2013.

The Intel Core i5-9500F has 6 cores with 6 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.40 GHz. The CPU supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-9500F was released in Q2/2019.
Intel Core i5 (331) Family Intel Core i5 (331)
Intel Core i 4000U (26) CPU group Intel Core i 9000 (34)
4 Generation 9
Haswell U Architecture Coffee Lake S Refresh
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
Intel Core i5-5350U Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i5-4350U is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.40 GHz (2.90 GHz). The Intel Core i5-9500F has 6 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.00 GHz (4.40 GHz).

Intel Core i5-4350U Characteristic Intel Core i5-9500F
2 Cores 6
4 Threads 6
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
1.40 GHz Frequency 3.00 GHz
2.90 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 4.40 GHz
2.90 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 4.00 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Intel Core i5-4350U Characteristic Intel Core i5-9500F
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

Intel HD Graphics 5000 GPU no iGPU
0.20 GHz GPU frequency --
1.10 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
7.5 GPU Generation --
22 nm Technology
3 Max. displays
40 Compute units --
320 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory --
11.1 DirectX Version --

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

Intel HD Graphics 5000 GPU no iGPU
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core i5-4350U supports a maximum of 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-9500F can connect up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

Intel Core i5-4350U Characteristic Intel Core i5-9500F
DDR3-1600 Memory DDR4-2666
16 GB Max. Memory 128 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
25.6 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 42.7 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
3.00 MB L3 Cache 9.00 MB
2.0 PCIe version 3.0
12 PCIe lanes 16
6.0 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Core i5-4350U has a TDP of 15 W, that of the Intel Core i5-9500F is 65 W.

Intel Core i5-4350U Characteristic Intel Core i5-9500F
15 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 65 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core i5-4350U has a 3.00 MB cache, while the Intel Core i5-9500F cache has a total of 9.00 MB.

Intel Core i5-4350U Characteristic Intel Core i5-9500F
22 nm Technology 14 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
BGA 1168 Socket LGA 1151-2
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q3/2013 Release date Q2/2019
-- Release price 220 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core i5-4350U (56%)
Intel Core i5-9500F (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core i5-4350U (26%)
Intel Core i5-9500F (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i5-4350U Intel Core i5-4350U
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
626 (54%)
Intel Core i5-9500F Intel Core i5-9500F
6C 6T @ 4.40 GHz
1168 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i5-4350U Intel Core i5-4350U
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
1389 (29%)
Intel Core i5-9500F Intel Core i5-9500F
6C 6T @ 4.00 GHz
4736 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Core i5-4350U Intel Core i5-4350U
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
2432 (25%)
Intel Core i5-9500F Intel Core i5-9500F
6C 6T @ 4.00 GHz
9791 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i5-4350U Intel Core i5-4350U
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
106 (58%)
Intel Core i5-9500F Intel Core i5-9500F
6C 6T @ 4.40 GHz
182 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i5-4350U Intel Core i5-4350U
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
246 (24%)
Intel Core i5-9500F Intel Core i5-9500F
6C 6T @ 4.00 GHz
1016 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Core i5-4350U Intel Core i5-4350U
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-9500F Intel Core i5-9500F
6C 6T @ 4.40 GHz
1427 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Core i5-4350U Intel Core i5-4350U
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-9500F Intel Core i5-9500F
6C 6T @ 4.00 GHz
5424 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Core i5-4350U Intel Core i5-4350U
Intel HD Graphics 5000 @ 1.10 GHz
704 (100%)
Intel Core i5-9500F Intel Core i5-9500F
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Intel Core i5-4350U Intel Core i5-4350U
2C 4T @ 1.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-9500F Intel Core i5-9500F
6C 6T @ 3.00 GHz
2696 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Core i5-4350U Intel Core i5-9500F
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