intel core i5 8400 vs intel core i7 7700

Intel Core i5 8400
VS
Intel Core i7 7700
Intel Core i5 8400
Intel Core i7 7700

We compared two CPUs Intel Core i5 8400 (Desktop) 6-cores against Intel Core i7 7700 (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 i7 7700
Advantages of Intel Core i5 8400
  • Newer released 0 years later
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Around 3.2 GB/s (8%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Has 1 MB larger L3 cache size
Advantages of Intel Core i7 7700
  • 5% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.2 GHz vs 4 GHz)

Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
core i5 8400
1029
core i7 7700 +6%
1096
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
core i5 8400 +7%
5877
core i7 7700
5445
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
core i5 8400
2423
core i7 7700 +3%
2494
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
core i5 8400 +6%
9269
core i7 7700
8675
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
core i5 8400
1043
core i7 7700 +4%
1090
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
core i5 8400 +9%
4635
core i7 7700
4232

Specifications

Full technical specification of core i5 8400 and core i7 7700

General

Intel Core i5 8400 Intel Core i7 7700
Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 5 2017 January 3 2017
Type Desktop Desktop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Coffee Lake-S Kaby Lake
Socket FCLGA1151 FCLGA1151
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630 Intel HD Graphics 630

Performance

Intel Core i5 8400 Intel Core i7 7700
Cores 6 4
Threads 6 8
Base Frequency 2.8 GHz 3.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency 4 GHz 4.2 GHz
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 256K (per core) 256K (per core)
L3 Cache 9 MB (shared) 8 MB (shared)

Power

Intel Core i5 8400 Intel Core i7 7700
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 i7 7700
Memory types DDR3, DDR4 DDR3, DDR4
Memory Size 64 GB 64 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 41.6 GB/s 38.397 GB/s
ECC Support No No

iGPU

Intel Core i5 8400 Intel Core i7 7700
Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 630 Intel HD Graphics 630
GPU Base Clock 350 MHz 350 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1.05 MHz 1.15 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 i7 7700
0.44 TFLOPS

Misc

Intel Core i5 8400 Intel Core i7 7700
Official site Intel Core i5 8400 official page Intel Core i7 7700 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 i7 7700 or Intel Core i5 8400?