i5-9400F vs Pentium P6100

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium P6100
2010
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.58
Core i5-9400F
2019
6 cores / 6 threads, 65 Watt
6.19
+967%

Core i5-9400F outperforms Pentium P6100 by a whopping 967% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium P6100 and Core i5-9400F processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking28191088
Place by popularitynot in top-10024
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data9.69
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel PentiumIntel Core i5
Power efficiency1.518.68
Architecture codenameArrandale (2010−2011)Coffee Lake-R (2018−2019)
Release date26 September 2010 (14 years ago)7 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$12$182

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pentium P6100 and Core i5-9400F 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 cores2 (Dual-core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads26
Base clock speed2 GHz2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed0.1 GHz4.1 GHz
Bus typeDMI 1.0DMI 3.0
Bus rate1 × 2.5 GT/s4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier1529
L1 cache128 KB385 KB
L2 cache512 KB1.5 MB
L3 cache3 MB (shared)9 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm14 nm
Die size81+114 mm2149 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors382 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium P6100 and Core i5-9400F 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketPGA988FCLGA1151
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium P6100 and Core i5-9400F. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
FMA+-
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology-2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology--
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Access+no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
PAE36 Bitno data
FDI+no data
Fast Memory Access+no data

Security technologies

Pentium P6100 and Core i5-9400F technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT--
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
MPX-+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium P6100 and Core i5-9400F are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-x-+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium P6100 and Core i5-9400F. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size8 GB128 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth17.051 GB/s42.671 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel® Processorsno data
Clear Video+no data
Graphics max frequency667 MHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium P6100 and Core i5-9400F integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported2no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium P6100 and Core i5-9400F.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanes1616

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.

Pentium P6100 0.58
i5-9400F 6.19
+967%

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.

Pentium P6100 883
i5-9400F 9470
+972%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Pentium P6100 272
i5-9400F 1403
+416%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Pentium P6100 451
i5-9400F 4893
+985%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Pentium P6100 2245
i5-9400F 6490
+189%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Pentium P6100 4355
i5-9400F 31523
+624%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Pentium P6100 33.6
i5-9400F 6.76
+397%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Pentium P6100 1
i5-9400F 11
+760%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.58 6.19
Recency 26 September 2010 7 January 2019
Physical cores 2 6
Threads 2 6
Chip lithography 32 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 65 Watt

Pentium P6100 has 85.7% lower power consumption.

i5-9400F, on the other hand, has a 967.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads, and a 128.6% more advanced lithography process.

The Core i5-9400F is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium P6100 in performance tests.

Be aware that Pentium P6100 is a notebook processor while Core i5-9400F is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium P6100 and Core i5-9400F, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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