Intel Core i7-8700 vs Intel Core i5-10400F

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

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Intel Core i5-10400F

Price

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$ 150.25

$ 19.70 slightly less expensive

$ 169.95

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4771 points

4847 points

1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6744 points

1% slightly better gaming score

6648 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4149 points

4269 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4005 points

4133 points

3% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4845 points

1% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

4768 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

109.37 points

111.48 points

1% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5865 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

5783 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1478 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1414 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5964 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

5782 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1536 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1454 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz

10% slightly higher clock speed

2.9 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz

6% slightly higher turbo speed

4.3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

Identical

65 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

Identical

128 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB

Identical

384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1.5 MiB

Identical

1.5 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB

Identical

12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

368th of 1,089

359th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i7

10th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November

2020 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-8700 vs Core i5-10400F benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-10400F beats the Core i7-8700 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-8700 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-8700 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-10400F. Also, the Core i7-8700 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, both these CPUs have the same amount of L2 cache and L3 cache.

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. Indeed, the Core i7-8700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.