Intel Core i5-8400H vs Intel Core i7-4980HQ

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i7 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3416 points

3463 points

1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5247 points

5609 points

6% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2859 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

2826 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2743 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

2712 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

39.94 points

62.88 points

57% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3529 points

0.11% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3525 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1294 points

17% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1103 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3639 points

3854 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1282 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1241 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz

2.8 GHz

11% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

4% slightly lower TDP

47 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

494th of 1,089

489th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i5

4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 May

2014 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-8400H vs Core i7-4980HQ comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-4980HQ beats the Core i5-8400H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8400H in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-4980HQ has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-8400H. Despite this, the Core i5-8400H has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8400H CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4980HQ CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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. Indeed, the Core i5-8400H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.