Intel Core i5-10400 vs AMD Ryzen 7 6800HS

Core i5-10400 vs Ryzen 7 6800HS specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 6800HS performs better than the Core i5-10400. Despite this, the Core i5-10400 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 6800HS has slightly more cores than the Core i5-10400. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 6800HS has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-10400. It also has more threads than the Core i5-10400. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 6800HS has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-10400. Also, the Ryzen 7 6800HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 6800HS 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. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 6800HS has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-10400. The Ryzen 7 6800HS 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.