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Best Bench: 92% Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 75% Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)

Poor: 75% Great: 92%

SPEED RANK: 177^th / 1442

Gaming 85%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

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Best Bench: 68% Base clock 4.75 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 48% Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 1.55 GHz (avg)

Poor: 48% Great: 68%

SPEED RANK: 568^th / 1442

Gaming 61%

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Desktop 63%

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Workstation 47%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		85.2 %	Much faster effective speed. +40%		60.8 %


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	89.6 Pts	Lower memory latency. +11%	81 Pts
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	118 Pts	Hugely faster single-core speed. +84%	64.3 Pts
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	230 Pts	Hugely faster dual-core speed. +89%	122 Pts
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	435 Pts	Hugely faster quad-core speed. +97%	221 Pts
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	715 Pts	Hugely faster octa-core speed. +110%	341 Pts


Memory OC Memory Latency	95.9 Pts	+4%	91.8 Pts
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	124 Pts	Much faster OC single-core speed. +69%	73.3 Pts
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	246 Pts	Much faster OC dual-core speed. +72%	143 Pts
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	485 Pts	Hugely faster OC quad-core speed. +91%	254 Pts
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	778 Pts	Hugely faster OC octa-core speed. +96%	397 Pts

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	1.51 %	Insanely higher market share. +2,920%	0.05 %
Value Value For Money	113 %	Much better value. +51%	74.9 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	88 %	Much more popular. +54%	57 %
Price Price (score)	$98	Cheaper. +25%	$130


Age Newest	48 Months	Much more recent. +65%	139 Months
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watts	Much more energy efficient. +48%	125 Watts
Cores CPU Processing Cores	6 cores		8 cores	Much higher core count. +33%
Threads CPU Processing Threads	12 threads	Much higher thread count. +50%	8 threads
Lithography Manufacturing process	14 nm	Much newer manufacturing. +56%	32 nm
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	2.9 GHz		4 GHz	Much faster base frequency. +38%
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	4.3 GHz	+2%	4.2 GHz
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	978 Pts	Hugely faster OC 64-core speed. +138%	411 Pts
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	903 Pts	Hugely faster 64-core speed. +156%	353 Pts


Series CPU Architecture	Comet Lake	Piledriver
Socket Motherboard Socket	FCLGA1200	AM3+
Graphics Integrated Graphics	None	None

The i5-10400F is a six-core hyperthreaded CPU from Intel’s latest Comet Lake series of desktop processors. This 65 W CPU has single core and all core boost frequencies of 4.3 GHz and 4.0 GHz, respectively. Whilst the 10400F will require a new LGA1200 motherboard, such as the Z490, Intel have guaranteed that the next generation of Rocket Lake CPUs will also be compatible with this chipset. The 10400F is aimed at mid-tier gaming PC builds, and as such, ships with a cooler but without integrated graphics. Despite being officially launched in Q2 of 2020, at the time of writing, the 10400F is still not widely available. Compared to the similarly priced Ryzen 5 3600, the 10400F’s lower memory latency gives it the lead in gaming and effective speed benchmarks. Since the Ryzen architecture creates a gaming bottleneck, it is necessary to upgrade to a higher tier, Intel CPU for better gaming performance. On the other hand comparing the i5-10400F and the i3-10100 shows that the 10100 offers comparable gaming performance for 22% less money whilst also including integrated graphics. ^{[Jun '20 CPUPro]}

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In terms of raw single-core performance the flagship AMD FX-8350 is lagging behind intel's processor line-up by over two generations. The PassMark Single Thread scores for the i5-2500K vs the FX-8350 are 1863 to 1520 which shows that in terms of raw per-core processing the FX-8350 is lagging the two year old i5 by 23%. Where the AMD FX makes up is on multi-core performance, with a score of 9156 vs 6745, the AMD leads the Intel 2500K by 36% making it the far more capable multi-threaded server orientated performer. The 8350 is also cheaper but significantly more power hungry which counts strongly against it as a server proposition. The FX-8350 could be a good fit for specific server use cases but for general consumer use, which is single and dual core intensive, Intel's two year old i5-2500K delivers better performance. ^{[May '13 CPUPro]}

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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