Intel Core i5-8400 vs Intel Core i3-N305

Core i5-8400 vs Core i3-N305 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-8400 beats the Core i3-N305 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-N305 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i3-N305 has slightly more cores than the Core i5-8400. Indeed, the Core i3-N305 has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-8400. It also has more threads than the Core i5-8400. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-8400 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-N305. Also, the Core i5-8400 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i3-N305 outputs less heat than Core i5-8400 thanks to a 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 Core i3-N305 has more L2 cache than the Core i5-8400. Despite this, the Core i5-8400 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i3-N305.

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 i5-8400 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.