AMD Ryzen 7 1700X vs Intel Core i5-10400F

Ryzen 7 1700X vs Core i5-10400F benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-10400F performs better than the Ryzen 7 1700X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 1700X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 1700X has slightly more cores than the Core i5-10400F. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 1700X has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-10400F. It also has more threads than the Core i5-10400F. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 1700X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-10400F. Despite this, the Core i5-10400F has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-10400F outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 1700X 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 7 1700X has more L2 cache than the Core i5-10400F. The Ryzen 7 1700X 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 Ryzen 7 1700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.