Intel Core i5-8400 vs AMD Ryzen 5 240

Core i5-8400 vs Ryzen 5 240 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 240 is faster than the Core i5-8400. Despite this, the Core i5-8400 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen 5 240 has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 240 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8400. Also, the Ryzen 5 240 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 240 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 Ryzen 5 240 has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-8400. The Ryzen 5 240 also has significantly more L3 cache.

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.