AMD Ryzen 5 2600X vs Intel Core i5-8400T

Ryzen 5 2600X vs Core i5-8400T benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 2600X beats the Core i5-8400T in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8400T in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen 5 2600X has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2600X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8400T. Also, the Ryzen 5 2600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-8400T outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 2600X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 2600X has more L2 cache than the Core i5-8400T. The Ryzen 5 2600X also has significantly more 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 Ryzen 5 2600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.