Intel Core i5-11400 vs Intel Core i7-10700

Core i5-11400 vs Core i7-10700 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-10700 is faster than the Core i5-11400. Despite this, the Core i5-11400 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-10700 has slightly more cores than the Core i5-11400. Indeed, the Core i7-10700 has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-11400. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11400. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-11400 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-10700. Despite this, the Core i7-10700 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. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i5-11400 has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-10700. Despite this, the Core i7-10700 has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-11400.

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 i5-11400 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.