Intel Core i5-10400 vs Intel Core i5-8365U

Core i5-10400 vs Core i5-8365U specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-10400 is faster than the Core i5-8365U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8365U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-10400 has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i5-8365U has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-8365U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-10400 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8365U. Also, the Core i5-10400 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-8365U 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.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i5-10400 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.