AMD Ryzen 7 3700X vs Intel Core i5-10400

Ryzen 7 3700X vs Core i5-10400 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 3700X beats the Core i5-10400 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-10400 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 3700X has slightly more cores than the Core i5-10400. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 3700X has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-10400. It also has more threads than the Core i5-10400. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 3700X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-10400. Also, the Ryzen 7 3700X 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 7 3700X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-10400. The Ryzen 7 3700X also has significantly more L3 cache.

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. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 3700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.