amd ryzen 7 5800x vs intel core i5 10400

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We compared two CPUs AMD Ryzen 7 5800X (Desktop) 8-cores against Intel Core i5 10400 (Desktop) 6-cores. In this comparison page, we check which of these two processor has better performance in benchmark results, Games, architecture, price and other useful information.

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved

Key Differences

What are the key differences between AMD Ryzen 7 5800X and Intel Core i5 10400
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
  • Newer released 0 years later
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Around 9.6 GB/s (19%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Has 20 MB larger L3 cache size
  • 9% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.7 GHz vs 4.3 GHz)
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 14
  • Unlocked multiplier
Advantages of Intel Core i5 10400
  • Newer released 2020 years later
  • Consumes up to 38% less energy than the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X – 65 vs 105 Watt

Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
1608
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
15427
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
3509
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
28355
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
1628
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
10656

Specifications

Full technical specification of ryzen 7 5800x and core i5 10400

General

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Intel Core i5 10400
Vendor AMD Intel
Released October 8 2020 April 30 2020
Type Desktop Desktop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Vermeer Comet Lake
Socket AM4 FCLGA1200
Integrated GPU - Intel UHD Graphics 630

Performance

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Intel Core i5 10400
Cores 8 6
Threads 16 12
Base Frequency 3.8 GHz 2.9 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency 4.7 GHz 4.3 GHz
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 256K (per core)
L3 Cache 32 MB 12 MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Power

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Intel Core i5 10400
Fabrication process 7 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 105 W 65 W
Max. temperature °C 100°C

Memory support

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Intel Core i5 10400
Memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4-2666
Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 51.196 GB/s 41.6 GB/s
ECC Support No No

iGPU

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Intel Core i5 10400
Integrated Graphics - Intel UHD Graphics 630
GPU Base Clock MHz 350 MHz
GPU Boost Clock MHz 1.1 MHz
Shading Units 192
TMUs 24
ROPs 3
TGP W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
TFLOPS
0.38 TFLOPS

Misc

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Intel Core i5 10400
Official site AMD Ryzen 7 5800X official page Intel Core i5 10400 official page
PCI Express Version 4 3
PCI Express Lanes 16

Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Intel Core i5 10400 or AMD Ryzen 7 5800X?