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Intel Core i5-9400F vs Intel Core i5-13490F

Last updated: 2026-07-04

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 56 %

Intel Core i5-9400F

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-13490F

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 40 %

Intel Core i5-9400F

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-13490F

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

1,005 pts

10C / 16T · 4.80 GHz

1,872 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 6T · 3.90 GHz

5,341 pts

10C / 16T · 4.20 GHz

16,572 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

1,346

10C / 16T · 4.80 GHz

2,414

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 6T · 3.90 GHz

5,164

10C / 16T · 4.20 GHz

10,750

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

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

1,085

10C / 16T · 4.80 GHz

1,834

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

6C / 6T · 3.90 GHz

4,722

10C / 16T · 4.20 GHz

11,204

More benchmarks

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

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 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 i5-9400F	Intel Core i5-13490F
Family	Intel Core i5 (336)	Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU group	Intel Core i 9000 (34)	Intel Core i 13000 (AL) (16)
Architecture	Coffee Lake S Refresh	Alder Lake S Refresh
Technology	14 nm	10 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1151-2	LGA 1700
Predecessor		Intel Core i5-12490F
Successor	Intel Core i5-10400F

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i5-9400F	Intel Core i5-13490F
CPU Cores / Threads	6 / 6	10 / 16
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✓
Core architecture	normal	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	6x 2.90 - 4.10 GHz	6x Golden Cove 2.50 - 4.80 GHz
Core Cluster 2:		4x Gracemont 1.80 - 3.50 GHz
L2-Cache		9.50 MB
L3-Cache	9.00 MB	24.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i5-9400F	Intel Core i5-13490F
GPU name	no iGPU	no iGPU
GPU frequency
CUs / Shader	/	/
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays
Max. GPU Memory
Technology
Release date

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-9400F	Intel Core i5-13490F
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i5-9400F	Intel Core i5-13490F
Memory	DDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s)	DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory	128 GB	128 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	Yes
PCIe	3.0 x 16	5.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s	78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i5-9400F	Intel Core i5-13490F
TDP	65 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)		148 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i5-9400F	Intel Core i5-13490F
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
Release date	Q1/2019	Q2/2023
Release price	157 $
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 i5-9400F is 3.7 stars (69 ratings), while Intel Core i5-13490F has received 4.4 stars (23 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i5-9400F
6C / 6T · 2.90 - 4.10 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i5-13490F
10C / 16T · 2.50 - 4.80 GHz

★★★★★