The i5 9500 is a solid processor, with a similar price-to-performance proposition to the i5 9400; a little more expensive, but with slightly better performance—about 5%, for your pricing comparison purposes over the new couple of weeks. It also has the exact same 65W thermal design power rating, although overall power draw is likely to be a little higher as Z370 and later motherboards don’t necessarily constrain CPUs to those parameters.

| Essentials | |
|---|---|
| Product Collection | 9th Generation Intel® Core™ i5 Processors |
| Vertical Segment | Desktop |
| Processor Number | i5-9500 |
| Lithography | 14 nm |
| CPU Specifications | |
|---|---|
| Total Cores | 6 |
| Total Threads | 6 |
| Max Turbo Frequency | 4.40 GHz |
| Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 Frequency | 4.40 GHz |
| Processor Base Frequency | |


