intel core i5 8400 vs intel core i3 10100

Intel Core i5 8400
VS
Intel Core i3 10100
Intel Core i5 8400
Intel Core i3 10100

We compared two CPUs Intel Core i5 8400 (Desktop) 6-cores against Intel Core i3 10100 (Desktop) 4-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.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

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 Intel Core i5 8400 and Intel Core i3 10100
Advantages of Intel Core i5 8400
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Has 3 MB larger L3 cache size
Advantages of Intel Core i3 10100
  • Newer released 3 years later
  • 7% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.3 GHz vs 4 GHz)
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR4 RAM

Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
core i5 8400
1029
core i3 10100 +11%
1151
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
core i5 8400 +4%
5877
core i3 10100
5630
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
core i5 8400
2423
core i3 10100 +9%
2655
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
core i5 8400 +4%
9269
core i3 10100
8856
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
core i5 8400
1043
core i3 10100 +1%
1054
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
core i5 8400 +8%
4635
core i3 10100
4268

Specifications

Full technical specification of core i5 8400 and core i3 10100

General

Intel Core i5 8400 Intel Core i3 10100
Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 5 2017 April 30 2020
Type Desktop Desktop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Coffee Lake-S Comet Lake-S
Socket FCLGA1151 FCLGA1200
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630 Intel UHD Graphics 630

Performance

Intel Core i5 8400 Intel Core i3 10100
Cores 6 4
Threads 6 8
Base Frequency 2.8 GHz 3.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency 4 GHz 4.3 GHz
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 256K (per core) 256K (per core)
L3 Cache 9 MB (shared) 6 MB (shared)

Power

Intel Core i5 8400 Intel Core i3 10100
Fabrication process 14 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 W 65 W
Max. temperature 100°C 100°C

Memory support

Intel Core i5 8400 Intel Core i3 10100
Memory types DDR3, DDR4 DDR4
Memory Size 64 GB 128 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 41.6 GB/s 41.6 GB/s
ECC Support No No

iGPU

Intel Core i5 8400 Intel Core i3 10100
Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 630 Intel UHD Graphics 630
GPU Base Clock 350 MHz 350 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1.05 MHz 1.1 MHz
Shading Units 192 192
TMUs 24 24
ROPs 3 3
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
core i5 8400
0.38 TFLOPS
core i3 10100
0.38 TFLOPS

Misc

Intel Core i5 8400 Intel Core i3 10100
Official site Intel Core i5 8400 official page Intel Core i3 10100 official page
PCI Express Version 3 3
PCI Express Lanes 16 16

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Intel Core i3 10100 or Intel Core i5 8400?