AMD Ryzen 7 2700X vs Intel Core i5-8400

Ryzen 7 2700X vs Core i5-8400 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 2700X performs better than the Core i5-8400. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8400 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 2700X has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i5-8400 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-8400. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 2700X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8400. Also, the Ryzen 7 2700X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-8400 outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 2700X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 2700X has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-8400. The Ryzen 7 2700X also has significantly 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 2700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.