Intel Core i5-7600 vs Intel Core i5-8400H

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

2712 points
3416 points
25% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5048 points
5247 points
3% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2059 points
2859 points
38% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1975 points
2743 points
38% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

51.82 points
29% slightly higher Blender score
39.94 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3774 points
6% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
3529 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1343 points
3% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1294 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3832 points
5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3639 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1390 points
8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1282 points

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

3.5 GHz
40% slightly higher clock speed
2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz
4.2 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
45 W
44% 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

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

256 KiB
Identical
256 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB
Identical
1 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

6 MiB
12 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

585th of 1,089
494th of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i5
8th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February
2018 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133
DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i5-7600 vs Core i5-8400H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-8400H beats the Core i5-7600 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-7600 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i5-8400H has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-7600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8400H. Despite this, the Core i5-8400H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-8400H outputs less heat than Core i5-7600 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The data shows that both these CPUs have same sized L2 caches. The Core i5-8400H also has significantly 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. For instance, the Core i5-7600 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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