AMD Ryzen 7 3700X vs Intel Core i5-10400F

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel 10th Generation Core i5 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i5-10400F

Price

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$ 198.00

$ 169.95

$ 28.05 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6345 points

30% slightly better overall score

4847 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7643 points

14% slightly better gaming score

6648 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5911 points

38% slightly better multitasking score

4269 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5785 points

39% slightly better heavy workload score

4133 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6052 points

26% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

4768 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

180.28 points

61% significantly higher Blender score

111.48 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8116 points

40% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

5783 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1623 points

14% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1414 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8090 points

39% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

5782 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1674 points

15% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1454 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

24% slightly higher clock speed

2.9 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

4.3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

Identical

65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB

33% slightly more L1 cache

384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB

166% significantly more L2 cache

1.5 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB

166% significantly more L3 cache

12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

233rd of 1,089

359th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop

10th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 July

2020 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 7 3700X vs Core i5-10400F comparison

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

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 3700X has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i5-10400F has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-10400F. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 3700X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-10400F. 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. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 7 3700X has more L2 cache than the Core i5-10400F. The Ryzen 7 3700X 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 3700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.