Intel Core i5-8400 vs Intel Core i5-4590T

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i5 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
$ 129.95
$ 40.04 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3741 points
120% significantly better overall score
1695 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6024 points
91% significantly better gaming score
3142 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3030 points
134% significantly better multitasking score
1291 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2906 points
134% significantly better heavy workload score
1239 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

77.12 points
136% significantly higher Blender score
32.64 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4729 points
85% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
2552 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1312 points
47% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
891 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4858 points
90% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
2552 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1380 points
50% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
917 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
39% slightly higher clock speed
2.00 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz
33% slightly higher turbo speed
3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
35 W
85% 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

128 GiB
300% significantly more supported memory
32 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1.5 MiB
49% significantly more L2 cache
1 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

9 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache
6 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

456th of 1,089
776th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i5
4th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November
2014 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 i5-4590T comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-8400 is faster than the Core i5-4590T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4590T in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-8400 has significantly more cores than the Core i5-4590T. Indeed, the Core i5-8400 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i5-4590T. It also has more threads than the Core i5-4590T. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-8400 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4590T. Also, the Core i5-8400 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-4590T 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 cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i5-8400 has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-4590T. The Core i5-8400 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 i5-8400 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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