Intel Core i7-7700T vs Intel Core i5-9400F

Core i7-7700T vs Core i5-9400F benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-9400F beats the Core i7-7700T in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7700T in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-9400F has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i7-7700T that has 4 cores. Despite this, the Core i7-7700T has more threads than the Core i5-9400F. In terms of clock speed, the Core i7-7700T and Core i5-9400F are identical in this regard. Despite this, the Core i5-9400F has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-7700T 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. In terms of cache, the Core i5-9400F has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-7700T. The Core i5-9400F 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 i7-7700T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.