Core i9-10900F vs 11th Gen Core i5-11400 @ 2.60GHz

Short answer: which is best?

Core i9-10900F is 34.2 % stronger than 11th Gen Core i5-11400 @ 2.60GHz. Core i9-10900F ranks #35 of 104 measured processors at WhatFPS (9,329 CPU score in its best run — 1 rig, 1 verified run). 11th Gen Core i5-11400 @ 2.60GHz ranks #68 of 104 measured processors at WhatFPS (6,951 CPU score in its best run — 1 rig, 4 verified runs). Each part is shown at its best run, picked from 5 verified WhatFPS runs — measured, not estimated, not self-reported.

Measured comparison

MetricCore i9-10900F11th Gen Core i5-11400 @ 2.60GHz
CPU score, best run (the processor's own performance)9,3296,951
Best rig (GAMING — whole PC)7,4065,940
Integer (MT)8.4 Gop/s4.9 Gop/s
Single-thread (1T)0.55 Gop/s0.53 Gop/s
Draw calls/s (DX11)4,374,6258,386,736
Cores / threads10 / 206 / 12
L3 cache20 MB12 MB

What the numbers mean

The headline score is the part's best measured run, and the measurements under it come from that same run. It shows what the part has been proven to do — not what an average rig gets out of it. The CPU score is the processor's own performance — that is what we rank on. GAMING is the whole rig's score in the best PC we measured the processor in, and leans heavily on the graphics card. A strong processor in a weak PC gets a low GAMING score without being worse. We show both and never mix them.

All numbers come from our benchmark suite: four hand-built 3D scenes written directly against the graphics APIs in Rust, the same load on every PC. The methodology is open at https://whatfps.com/metodik

All measurements for Core i9-10900F · All measurements for 11th Gen Core i5-11400 @ 2.60GHz