Intel Core i5-8400T vs Intel Core i7-9700T

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs Intel 9th Generation Core i7 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 113.37
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$ 394.28

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2711 points
3615 points
33% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4534 points
5558 points
22% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2166 points
2998 points
38% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2082 points
2875 points
38% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

60.18 points
71.66 points
19% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3923 points
5019 points
27% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1074 points
1294 points
20% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3918 points
5204 points
32% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1115 points
1395 points
25% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.7 GHz
2 GHz
17% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.3 GHz
4.3 GHz
30% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
Identical
35 W

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
Identical
128 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

587th of 1,089
473rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i5
9th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 May
2019 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i5-8400T vs Core i7-9700T specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-9700T is faster than the Core i5-8400T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8400T in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-9700T has slightly more cores than the Core i5-8400T. Indeed, the Core i7-9700T has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-8400T. It also has more threads than the Core i5-8400T. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-9700T has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-8400T. Also, the Core i7-9700T has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. For instance, the Core i5-8400T has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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