i5-9400F vs Pentium Gold 8500

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Gold 8500 and Core i5-9400F processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1091
Place by popularitynot in top-10025
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data9.22
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
Seriesno dataIntel Core i5
Power efficiencyno data8.68
Architecture codenameno dataCoffee Lake-R (2018−2019)
Release date1 January 2022 (2 years ago)7 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$182

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold 8500 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 coresno data6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads66
Base clock speedno data2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed4.4 GHz4.1 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data29
L1 cacheno data385 KB
L2 cacheno data1.5 MB
L3 cache8 MB Intel® Smart Cache9 MB (shared)
Chip lithographyIntel 7 nm14 nm
Die sizeno data149 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold 8500 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCBGA1781FCLGA1151
Power consumption (TDP)29 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and Core i5-9400F. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology+-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Access-no data
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Pentium Gold 8500 and Core i5-9400F technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDB++
Secure Key++
MPX-+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guard++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and Core i5-9400F are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and Core i5-9400F. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesLPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size64 GB128 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidthno data42.671 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® UHD Graphics for 12th Gen Intel® Processorsno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Graphics max frequency800 MHzno data
Execution Units48no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold 8500 and Core i5-9400F integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported4no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and Core i5-9400F integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096 x 2304 @ 60Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP4096 x 2304 @ 120Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort7680 x 4320 @ 60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and Core i5-9400F integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12.1no data
OpenGL4.6no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and Core i5-9400F.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanes1416

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 January 2022 7 January 2019
Power consumption (TDP) 29 Watt 65 Watt

Pentium Gold 8500 has an age advantage of 2 years, and 124.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Pentium Gold 8500 and Core i5-9400F. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Pentium Gold 8500 is a notebook processor while Core i5-9400F is a desktop one.


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