Intel Core i5-10400 vs AMD Ryzen 7 5700

Core i5-10400 vs Ryzen 7 5700 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 5700 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 Ryzen 7 5700 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. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5700 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-10400. Also, the Ryzen 7 5700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. 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. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 5700 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-10400. The Ryzen 7 5700 also has slightly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i5-10400 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.