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Intel Core i5-9400F vs Intel Pentium B980

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-9400F
Rank 2 - 36 %
Intel Pentium B980
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-9400F
Rank 2 - 15 %
Intel Pentium B980
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i5-9400F
6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz
1,346
Intel Pentium B980
2C / 2T · 2.40 GHz
419
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i5-9400F
6C / 6T · 3.90 GHz
5,164
Intel Pentium B980
2C / 2T · 2.40 GHz
715
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core i5-9400F
6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz
1,085
Intel Pentium B980
2C / 2T · 2.40 GHz
447
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i5-9400F
6C / 6T · 3.90 GHz
4,722
Intel Pentium B980
2C / 2T · 2.40 GHz
889
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i5-9400F
6C / 6T · 2.90 GHz
2,550
Intel Pentium B980
2C / 2T · 2.40 GHz
442

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At a glance

Wischen
Intel Core i5-9400FIntel Pentium B980
FamilyIntel Core i5 (336)Intel Pentium (150)
CPU groupIntel Core i 9000 (34)Intel Pentium 900 (10)
ArchitectureCoffee Lake S RefreshSandy Bridge U
Technology14 nm32 nm
SegmentDesktopNotebook
SocketLGA 1151-2PGA 988
Predecessor
SuccessorIntel Core i5-10400F

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i5-9400FIntel Pentium B980
CPU Cores / Threads6 / 62 / 2
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 6x 2x
Frequency: 2.90 GHz 2.40 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 4.10 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 3.90 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache9.00 MB2.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i5-9400FIntel Pentium B980
GPU nameno iGPUIntel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1)
GPU frequency0.65 - 1.15 GHz
CUs / Shader / 6 / 48
Raytracing
Max. displays2
Max. GPU Memory2 GB
Technology32 nm
Release dateQ2/2011

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i5-9400FIntel Pentium B980
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i5-9400FIntel Pentium B980
MemoryDDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s)
DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
Max. Memory128 GB16 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe3.0 x 162.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth15.8 GB/s8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i5-9400FIntel Pentium B980
TDP65 W35 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C85 °C

Technical details

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Intel Core i5-9400FIntel Pentium B980
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, Windows 11, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Release dateQ1/2019Q2/2012
Release price157 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i5-9400F
Intel Core i5-9400F
6C / 6T · 2.90 - 4.10 GHz
Intel Pentium B980
Intel Pentium B980
2C / 2T · 2.40 GHz

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