AMD Ryzen 7 5800X vs Intel Core i5-10400F

Ryzen 7 5800X vs Core i5-10400F comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 5800X 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 5800X 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 5800X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-10400F. Also, the Ryzen 7 5800X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-10400F outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 5800X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 5800X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-10400F. The Ryzen 7 5800X 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 5800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.