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Intel Core i5 11400F vs i5 10400F

44 out of 100
Intel Core i5 11400F
VS
34 out of 100
Intel Core i5 10400F
Intel Core i5 11400F
Intel Core i5 10400F

We compared two 6-core desktop CPUs: the 2.6 GHz Intel Core i5 11400F against the 2.9 GHz i5 10400F. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
56.0
(Average)
Value Index
34.3
(Mediocre)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 10400F and 11400F
Advantages of Intel Core i5 11400F
  • 42% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2072 vs 1459 points
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
  • Newer - released 11 months later
  • Around 8.4 GB/s (20%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.4 GHz vs 4.3 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i5 11400F
vs
Core i5 10400F

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 353
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 1994
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 681.4 MB/sec 452.1 MB/sec
Clang compilation 59.6 Klines/sec 50.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 169.4 pages/sec 139.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 242 Mpixels/sec 190.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 201.4 pages/sec 151 pages/sec
Background blur 42.5 images/sec 33.8 images/sec
Photo processing 68.9 images/sec 51.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.6 Mpixels/sec 10.3 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 761 & 435 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i5 11400F +39%
16869
Core i5 10400F
12095
Integer math 57.6 GOps/sec 41.5 GOps/sec
Floating point math 34.2 GOps/sec 26 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 53M Primes/sec 35M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 24.2M Strings/sec 23.2M Strings/sec
Data encryption 10.2 GBytes/sec 4.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 208 MBytes/sec 186 MBytes/sec
Physics 833 Frames/sec 694 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 15.9B Matrices/sec 12.5B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 6204 & 9127 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i5 11400F +19%
133.53
Core i5 10400F
112

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 8 PPW 6.7 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 126.1 PPW 96.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 259.5 PPW 186.1 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.05 PPW 1.72 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i5 11400F
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2024-05-15 (amir)Cinebench 202484 / 522
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Intel Core i5 10400F
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-07-30 (Semant)Cinebench 2026353 / 1994
📘 2026-04-05 (Manav Sehgal)Cinebench 2026351 / 1884
📘 2025-09-11 (KingdomGaming)Cinebench 202464 / 438
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 11400F and i5 10400F

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released March 16, 2021 May 1, 2020
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Rocket Lake Comet Lake
Model number i5-11400F i5-10400F
Integrated GPU No No
Rival Equivalent - - AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 225F - Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
Intel CPU rating (#195th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 12 12
Base Frequency (P) 2.6 GHz 2.9 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.4 GHz 4.3 GHz
Total
Total Cores 6 6
Total Threads 12 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 26x 29x
Bus Bandwidth 8 GT/s 8 GT/s
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 256K (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) 12MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 14 nm 14 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 65 W
Socket LGA-1200 LGA-1200
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Desktop CPU ranking (132nd and 162nd place)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200 - DDR4-2666
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 50 GB/s 41.6 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 11400F official page Intel Core i5 10400F official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 16

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Comments

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