Intel Core i7-8750H vs Intel Core i5-10400

Core i7-8750H vs Core i5-10400 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-10400 beats the Core i7-8750H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-8750H in all gaming tests too.

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 i5-10400 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-8750H. Also, the Core i5-10400 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-8750H CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-10400 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache. The Core i5-10400 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 i7-8750H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.