Intel Core i5 11400F

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The new Core i5-11400F is marginally faster than the 10400F for gaming, but often much faster for productivity tasks with margins as large as 25% in certain tasks. For gamers, the 11400F isn’t exactly a crazy good deal, at around $20 more than the 10400F, it’s an insignificant cost increase and you can pair it with all the same motherboards, so we feel for the upgraded features alone the premium is worth it.

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Last revision on March 25, 2023

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CPU cooler included
Outstanding price/performance with power limit unlocked

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No integrated graphics
Lacks Boost 3.0, Thermal Velocity Boost, and Adaptive Boost

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By TechSpot on April 12, 2021 90

By ProfesionalReview on April 26, 2021 86

Su bajo coste también significa que es el 6C/12T más ajustado en rendimiento puro, y no tiene nada que hacer contra el Ryzen 5 5600X como es obvio, y también se queda un poco lejos del 11600K debido a sus inferiores frecuencias. Esto favorece al consumo y a las temperaturas, y con un disipador de 20 euros o menos iremos bastante sobrados para montar un Mini PC para tareas generales e incluso un PC ITX gaming ocupando poco espacio.

By OC3D on April 23, 2021 90

If you're on a tight budget, or even if you're not but hate spending needlessly, the Core i5-11400 is an absolute star and has almost redeemed the Rocket Lake CPU range entirely. It's the perfect gaming processor.

By The Guru of 3D on April 16, 2021 90

Subjectively speaking, this might be the best processor in the RKL range when you factor in the game performance versus price. You can purchase 6-cores for 26 USD per core. Granted the processor (MSRP $157) at reference settings is roughly a quarter slower than the Ryzen 5 5600X (MSRP 299 USD), but also much more affordable. AMD has no real answer in the form of a 5600 non-X to that.

By TechPowerUp on April 07, 2021 90

The Core i5-11400F definitely has enough gaming horsepower to feed any graphics card—the RTX 3080 ran great in our test system. Especially at higher resolutions are the differences between CPU choices small because games are more and more GPU limited. Given today's insane graphics card prices, every dollar you save on the processor will open up new GPU options for you.

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