Intel Core i5-7400 vs Intel Core i5-8365U

Compare Intel 7th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs Intel 8th Generation Core i5 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

22 %
26 %
18% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

42 %
47 %
11% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

17 %
20 %
17% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

16 %
20 %
25% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3137
29% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
2419
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1144
79% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
638

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
8
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz
87% significantly higher clock speed
1.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz
4.1 GHz
17% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
15 W
333% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
Identical
64 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

365th of 626
311th of 626

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i5
8th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

February 2017
May 2019

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133
DDR4-2400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i5-7400 vs Core i5-8365U benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-8365U is faster than the Core i5-7400. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-7400 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i5-8365U has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-7400 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8365U. Despite this, the Core i5-8365U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-8365U outputs less heat than Core i5-7400 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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. For instance, the Core i5-7400 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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