Intel Core i5-10210U vs Intel Core i5-7400

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs Intel 7th Generation Core i5 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

22 %
Identical
22 %

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

38 %
42 %
10% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

17 %
Identical
17 %

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

16 %
Identical
16 %

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

44.98
5% slightly higher Blender score
42.58
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2911
3137
7% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

948
1144
20% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3037
3133
3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1101
1139
3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
100% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.6 GHz
3 GHz
87% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz
20% slightly higher turbo speed
3.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
333% significantly lower TDP
65 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
Identical
64 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

256 KiB
Identical
256 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB
Identical
1 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

6 MiB
Identical
6 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

373rd of 627
365th of 627

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i5
7th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

August 2019
February 2017

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR4-2133

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i5-10210U vs Core i5-7400 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-7400 is faster than the Core i5-10210U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-10210U in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i5-10210U has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-7400 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-10210U. Despite this, the Core i5-10210U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-10210U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-7400 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, both these CPUs have the same amount of L2 cache and L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i5-10210U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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