Intel Core i5-8259U vs Intel Core i5-2400

Core i5-8259U vs Core i5-2400 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-8259U beats the Core i5-2400 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-2400 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i5-8259U has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-2400 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-8259U. Despite this, the Core i5-8259U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8259U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-2400 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i5-8259U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.