Intel Core i5-10400F vs AMD Ryzen 7 7700X

Core i5-10400F vs Ryzen 7 7700X comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 7700X beats the Core i5-10400F in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-10400F in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 7700X has slightly more cores than the Core i5-10400F. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 7700X has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-10400F. It also has more threads than the Core i5-10400F. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 7700X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-10400F. Also, the Ryzen 7 7700X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-10400F CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 7 7700X 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 Ryzen 7 7700X has more L2 cache than the Core i5-10400F. The Ryzen 7 7700X also has significantly 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 i5-10400F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.