Intel Core i5-10400 vs Intel Core i5-10400F

Core i5-10400 vs Core i5-10400F comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-10400F performs better than the Core i5-10400. Despite this, the Core i5-10400 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. According to our data, the Core i5-10400 and Core i5-10400F have the same clock speed. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache and L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-10400 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.