AMD Ryzen 7 5700U vs Intel Core i5-7400

Ryzen 7 5700U vs Core i5-7400 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 5700U is faster than the Core i5-7400. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-7400 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 5700U has significantly more cores than the Core i5-7400. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5700U has 8 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i5-7400. It also has more threads than the Core i5-7400. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-7400 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 5700U. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 5700U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 5700U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-7400 CPU because of its 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 5700U has more L2 cache than the Core i5-7400. The Ryzen 7 5700U also has slightly 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 5700U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.