Intel Core i5-8400H vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X

Core i5-8400H vs Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X 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.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i5-8400H that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-8400H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to 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 Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X CPU because of its 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 Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X has more L2 cache than the Core i5-8400H. The Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X also has slightly 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. Indeed, the Core i5-8400H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.