Intel Core i5-8400 vs Intel Core i5-3570

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs Intel Core 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 169.99
$ 20.23 slightly less expensive
$ 190.22

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3741 points
72% significantly better overall score
2165 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6024 points
51% significantly better gaming score
3984 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3030 points
83% significantly better multitasking score
1654 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2906 points
83% significantly better heavy workload score
1587 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3658 points
29% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
2830 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

77.12 points
141% significantly higher Blender score
31.99 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4729 points
145% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1923 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1312 points
99% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
657 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4858 points
152% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1926 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1380 points
110% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
656 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
49% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

6
49% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.8 GHz
3.4 GHz
21% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz
5% slightly higher turbo speed
3.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
18% slightly lower TDP
77 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
300% significantly more supported memory
32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

456th of 1,089
690th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i5
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November
2012 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i5-8400 vs Core i5-3570 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-8400 is faster than the Core i5-3570. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-3570 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-8400 has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i5-3570 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-3570. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-3570 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-8400. Despite this, the Core i5-8400 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8400 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-3570 CPU because of its slightly 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. For instance, the Core i5-8400 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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