Intel Core i7-10700 vs Intel Core i5-10400F

Core i7-10700 vs Core i5-10400F comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-10700 beats the Core i5-10400F in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-10400F in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-10700 has slightly more cores than the Core i5-10400F. Indeed, the Core i7-10700 has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-10400F. It also has more threads than the Core i5-10400F. Both the Core i7-10700 and Core i5-10400F have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core i7-10700 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. In terms of cache, the Core i7-10700 has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-10400F. The Core i7-10700 also has slightly 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. Indeed, the Core i7-10700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.