i9-10880H vs i5-9400F

Place in the ranking	1108	834
Place by popularity	24	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	9.41	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	Intel Core i5	Intel Comet Lake
Power efficiency	8.68	19.39
Architecture codename	Coffee Lake-R (2018−2019)	Comet Lake-H (2020)
Release date	7 January 2019 (5 years ago)	2 April 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$182	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Core i5-9400F and Core i9-10880H basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	6 (Hexa-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	6	16
Base clock speed	2.9 GHz	2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.1 GHz	5.1 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	29	no data
L1 cache	385 KB	512 KB
L2 cache	1.5 MB	2 MB
L3 cache	9 MB (shared)	16 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Die size	149 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	72 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-9400F and Core i9-10880H compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	no data
Socket	FCLGA1151	FCBGA1440
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-9400F and Core i9-10880H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2	no data
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-

Security technologies

Core i5-9400F and Core i9-10880H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	no data
EDB	+	no data
Secure Key	+	no data
MPX	+	-
Identity Protection	+	-
SGX	Yes with Intel® ME	no data
OS Guard	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-9400F and Core i9-10880H are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i5-9400F and Core i9-10880H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR4
Maximum memory size	128 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	42.671 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

Intel UHD Graphics 630 (350 - 1200 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-9400F and Core i9-10880H.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	16	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

i5-9400F 5.96

i9-10880H 9.22
+54.7%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

i5-9400F 9468

i9-10880H 14642
+54.6%

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

i5-9400F 984

i9-10880H 1791
+82%

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

i5-9400F 173

i9-10880H 213
+23.1%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	5.96	9.22
Recency	7 January 2019	2 April 2020
Physical cores	6	8
Threads	6	16
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	45 Watt

i9-10880H has a 54.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, 33.3% more physical cores and 166.7% more threads, and 44.4% lower power consumption.

The Core i9-10880H is our recommended choice as it beats the Core i5-9400F in performance tests.

Note that Core i5-9400F is a desktop processor while Core i9-10880H is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Core i5-9400F and Core i9-10880H, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.