Intel Core i9-9900K vs Intel Pentium Gold G5400T

Last updated: 2024-02-02

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i9-9900K		Intel Pentium Gold G5400T
CPU comparison Intel Core i9-9900K or Intel Pentium Gold G5400T - 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 i9-9900K has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 5.00 GHz. Up to 128 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i9-9900K was released in Q4/2018. The Intel Pentium Gold G5400T has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.10 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium Gold G5400T was released in Q2/2018.

Intel Core i9 (78)	Family	Intel Pentium (150)
Intel Core i 9000 (34)	CPU group	Intel Pentium G5000 (8)
9	Generation	8
Coffee Lake S Refresh	Architecture	Coffee Lake S
Desktop / Server	Segment	Desktop / Server
--	Predecessor	Intel Pentium G4400T
Intel Core i9-10900K	Successor	Intel Pentium Gold G6400T

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The Intel Core i9-9900K has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 16 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i9-9900K is 3.60 GHz (5.00 GHz) while the Intel Pentium Gold G5400T has 2 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium Gold G5400T is at 3.10 GHz.
Intel Core i9-9900K	Characteristic	Intel Pentium Gold G5400T
8	Cores	2
16	Threads	4
normal	Core architecture	normal
Yes	Hyperthreading	Yes
Yes	Overclocking ?	No
3.60 GHz	Frequency	3.10 GHz
5.00 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	--
4.70 GHz	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	--

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 i9-9900K	Characteristic	Intel Pentium Gold G5400T
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The Intel Core i9-9900K or Intel Pentium Gold G5400T has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
Intel UHD Graphics 630	GPU	Intel HD Graphics 610
0.35 GHz	GPU frequency	0.35 GHz
1.20 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	1.05 GHz
9.5	GPU Generation	9.5
14 nm	Technology	14 nm
3	Max. displays	3
24	Compute units	12
192	Shader	96
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
64 GB	Max. GPU Memory	32 GB
12	DirectX Version	12

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 UHD Graphics 630	GPU	Intel HD Graphics 610
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec VP9	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec VP8	Decode / Encode
No	Codec AV1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec VC-1	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The Intel Core i9-9900K can use up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 42.7 GB/s. The Intel Pentium Gold G5400T supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 38.4 GB/s.
Intel Core i9-9900K	Characteristic	Intel Pentium Gold G5400T
DDR4-2666	Memory	DDR4-2400
128 GB	Max. Memory	64 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
42.7 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	38.4 GB/s
No	ECC	Yes
--	L2 Cache	--
16.00 MB	L3 Cache	4.00 MB
3.0	PCIe version	3.0
16	PCIe lanes	16
15.8 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s
Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Core i9-9900K is 95 W, while the Intel Pentium Gold G5400T has a TDP of 35 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
Intel Core i9-9900K	Characteristic	Intel Pentium Gold G5400T
95 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	35 W
119 W @ 28 s	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	25 W
100 °C	Tjunction max.	100 °C
Technical details The Intel Core i9-9900K is manufactured in 14 nm and has 16.00 MB cache. The Intel Pentium Gold G5400T is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 4.00 MB cache.
Intel Core i9-9900K	Characteristic	Intel Pentium Gold G5400T
14 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
LGA 1151-2	Socket	LGA 1151
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q4/2018	Release date	Q2/2018
650 $	Release price	64 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

Intel Core i9-9900K (100%)

Intel Pentium Gold G5400T (53%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks

Intel Core i9-9900K (100%)

Intel Pentium Gold G5400T (17%)

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 i9-9900K 8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz	1342 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G5400T 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	794 (59%)

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 i9-9900K 8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz	8779 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G5400T 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	1762 (20%)

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 i9-9900K 8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz	1650 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G5400T 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	658 (40%)

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 i9-9900K 8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz	8182 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G5400T 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	1365 (17%)

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 i9-9900K Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.20 GHz	461 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G5400T Intel HD Graphics 610 @ 1.05 GHz	202 (44%)

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 i9-9900K 8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz	18702 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G5400T 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	3169 (17%)

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 i9-9900K 8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz	219 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G5400T 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	129 (59%)

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 i9-9900K 8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz	2245 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G5400T 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	323 (14%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	Intel Core i9-9900K 8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz	77 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G5400T 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	Intel Core i9-9900K 8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz	640 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G5400T 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 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 i9-9900K 8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz	1294 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G5400T 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 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 i9-9900K 8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz	12812 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G5400T 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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 i9-9900K 8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz	518 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G5400T 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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 i9-9900K 8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz	4995 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G5400T 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	0 (0%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.


	Intel Core i9-9900K 8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz	171 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G5400T 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	0 (0%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.


	Intel Core i9-9900K 8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz	163.8 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G5400T 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-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 i9-9900K 8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz	545 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G5400T 2C 4T @ 3.10 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 i9-9900K 8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz	5502 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G5400T 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	0 (0%)

Devices using this processor
Intel Core i9-9900K	Intel Pentium Gold G5400T
Memory PC Intel i9-9900K Multimedia Office PC Intel Core i9 9900K Corsair ONE i160 Kompakter Gaming-PC Intel Core i9-9900K	Unknown

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