Intel Core i5-10400 vs Intel Core i5-10500T

Core i5-10400 vs Core i5-10500T benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-10400 performs better than the Core i5-10500T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-10500T in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-10400 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-10500T. Also, the Core i5-10400 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-10500T outputs less heat than Core i5-10400 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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.