Intel Core i7-10700T vs Intel Core i5-9400F

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i7 8 core CPU vs Intel 9th Generation Core i5 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 269.00
$ 119.99
$ 149.01 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5467 points
40% slightly better overall score
3881 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7011 points
12% slightly better gaming score
6224 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4964 points
57% significantly better multitasking score
3150 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4832 points
59% significantly better heavy workload score
3023 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

111.67 points
44% significantly higher Blender score
77.09 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5641 points
14% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
4944 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1421 points
1.00% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1407 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
166% significantly more threads
6

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2 GHz
2.9 GHz
44% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz
9% slightly higher turbo speed
4.1 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
85% significantly lower TDP
65 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

297th of 1,089
444th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i7
9th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2019 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933
DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-10700T vs Core i5-9400F benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-10700T is faster than the Core i5-9400F. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-9400F in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-10700T has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i5-9400F has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-9400F. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-9400F has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-10700T. Despite this, the Core i7-10700T has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-10700T CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-9400F CPU because of its significantly 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 i7-10700T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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