Intel Core i5-10400 vs Intel Core i7-10700K

Core i5-10400 vs Core i7-10700K comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-10700K beats the Core i5-10400 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-10400 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-10700K has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i5-10400 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-10400. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-10700K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-10400. Also, the Core i7-10700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-10400 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-10700K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-10700K has more L2 cache than the Core i5-10400. The Core i7-10700K also has slightly more 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.