Intel Core i5-9400F vs Intel Core i5-4670

Intel Core i5-9400F
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
2900 MHz / Cores: 6 / Jan 2019
Intel Core i5-9400F
Intel Core i5-4670
Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
3400 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jun 2013
Intel Core i5-4670

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i5-9400F
    144%
  • Intel Core i5-4670
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-9400F
    113%
  • Intel Core i5-4670
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-9400F
    176%
  • Intel Core i5-4670
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-9400F

13% higher single threaded performance.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 76% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Around 44% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-4670

Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the Intel Core i5-9400F.

Intel Core i5-9400F

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-9400F

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i5-9400F

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-9400F

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i5-9400FIntel Core i5-4670
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
Boost 2.0
vPro

Architecture

Intel Core i5-9400FIntel Core i5-4670
ArchitectureIntel_CoffelakevsIntel_Haswell
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameCoffee LakevsHaswell
Release DateJan 2019vsJun 2013

Cores

Intel Core i5-9400FIntel Core i5-4670
Cores6vs4
Threads6vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel HD 4600

Cache

Intel Core i5-9400FIntel Core i5-4670
L1 Cache64K (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256K (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache9MB (shared)vs6144 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i5-9400FIntel Core i5-4670
SocketIntel Socket 1151vsIntel Socket 1150
Max Case Temp72°Cvs72°C
PackageFC-LGA1151vsFC-LGA12C
Die Sizeunknownvs177mm²
Process14 nmvs22 nm

Performance

Intel Core i5-9400FIntel Core i5-4670
Cpu Frequency2900 MHzvs3400 MHz
Turbo Clock4100 MHzvs3800 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltagevariablevsunknown
TDP65 Wvs84 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-9400F
    4920 points
  • Intel Core i5-4670
    4256 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-9400F
    20880 points
  • Intel Core i5-4670
    15232 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-9400F (simulated)
    174.25
  • Intel Core i5-4670 (simulated)
    154.11

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-9400F (simulated)
    972.54
  • Intel Core i5-4670 (simulated)
    551.77

points - higher is better