Ryzen 3 2300X vs Core i5-8400 benchmarks
In our benchmarks, the Core i5-8400 beats the Ryzen 3 2300X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 3 2300X in all gaming tests too.
In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-8400 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 3 2300X. Indeed, the Core i5-8400 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen 3 2300X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 3 2300X. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 3 2300X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-8400. Also, the Ryzen 3 2300X 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 Ryzen 3 2300X has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-8400. Despite this, the Core i5-8400 has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 3 2300X.
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. For instance, the Ryzen 3 2300X has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.
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