Intel Core i5-10400F VS Intel Core i9-9960X serie X
Benchmark results
specs
| Terms of use | PC / Commercial / Tablet | - |
| Processor series | 10th Generation Intel Core i5 Processors | Intel Core X Series |
| Included accessories | - | Does not include heatsink or fan |
| Status | In production | In production |
| Launch date | Second quarter of 2020 | Fourth Quarter of 2018 |
| Technology | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Name | Comet Lake Products | Products Skylake |
| Processor ID | i5-10400F | i9-9960X |
| Designed for | Desktop | Desktop |
| Generation | 5.0 | 9.0 |
| Number of AVX-512 FMA units | - | 2.0 |
| Compatible with Intel Optane | Yes | Yes |
| Architecture | 64 bit | - |
| Inactive states | Yes | - |
| Instruction Extensions | Intel SSE4.1 / Intel SSE4.2 / Intel AVX2 | Intel SSE4.1 / Intel SSE4.2 / Intel AVX2 / Intel AVX - 512 |
| Intel vPro platform support | No | - |
| Intel 64 | Yes | Yes |
| Intel Thermal Velocity Boost | No | - |
| Intel Transactional Synchronization | No | - |
| Intel VT-x | Yes | - |
| Intel Stable Image Program for Platforms (SIPP) | No | - |
| Intel® Identity Protection Technology | Yes | - |
| Virtualization | Yes | Yes |
| Virtualization technology for directed I/O (VT-d) | Yes | Yes |
| Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology | Yes | Yes |
| Hyper-Threading | Yes | Yes |
| Intel Turbo Boost Support | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Intel Turbo Boost Max 3.0 Support | No | Yes |
| Thermal monitoring technologies | Yes | - |
| Integrated options available | No | No |
| Cache | 12 Mb Intel Smart Cache | Cache 22 Mb Intel Smart |
| Number of QPI links | - | 0.0 |
| Number of cores | 6.0 | 16.0 |
| Number of sub-processes | 12.0 | 32.0 |
| Processor base frequency | 2.90 GHz | 3.10 GHz |
| Intel Turbo Boost Max Frequency 3.0 | - | 4.50 GHz |
| Maximum turbo frequency | 4.30 GHz | 4.40 GHz |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 W | 165 W |
| Bus speed | 8 WG/s | 8 WG/s |
| Overclocking | No | No |
| Maximum amount of PCI Express | 16.0 | 44.0 |
| Type of PCI Express supported | Up to 1x16 / Up to 2x8 / Up to 1x8 + 2x4 | - |
| Scalability | Only 1S | Only 1S |
| PCI Express version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Heatsink | GMP 2015C | PCG 2017X |
| Number of simultaneous processors | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Processor measurements | 37.5mm x 37.5mm | - |
| Maximum temperature (Tjunction) | 100°C | 85 °C |
| Socket | FC-LGA1200 | FC-LGA2066 |
| Maximum number of memory channels | 2.0 | 4.0 |
| ECC memory support | No | No |
| Maximum memory bandwidth supported | 41.6 Gb/s | 85 Gb/s |
| Maximum memory supported | 128 Gb | 128 Gb |
| Supported memory types | DDR4 2666 MHz | DDR4 2666 MHz |
| Support for Execute Disable Bit | Yes | Yes |
| Intel Boot Guard Support | Yes | - |
| Intel OS Guard Support | Yes | - |
| Intel Software Guard Extensions (Intel SGX) Support | Yes, with Intel ME | - |
| Intel AES instruction support | Yes | Yes |
| Security key | Yes | - |
| Intel Trusted Execution Technology | No | - |