Intel Core i5-10400 vs Intel Core i7-13620H

Core i5-10400 vs Core i7-13620H benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-13620H performs better than the Core i5-10400. 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 i7-13620H has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Core i5-10400 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-10400. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-10400 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13620H. Despite this, the Core i7-13620H has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i7-13620H has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-10400. The Core i7-13620H also has significantly more L3 cache.

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.