AMD Ryzen 7 7700X vs Intel Core i5 10400

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 7 7700X, vs Intel Core i5 10400. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 7 7700X and Intel Core i5 10400
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
2006
Intel Core i5 10400
1132
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
19872
Intel Core i5 10400
7614
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
116
Intel Core i5 10400
n/a
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
1106
Intel Core i5 10400
n/a
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
4192
Intel Core i5 10400
2565
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
35862
Intel Core i5 10400
12060
Integer Math113.3 GOps/s41.8 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math69.3 GOps/s26.1 GOps/s
Prime Number Search183 M primes/s34 M primes/s
Random String Sort49.3 M strings/s23.3 M strings/s
Data Encryption24.9 GB/s4.1 GB/s
Data Compression422.3 MB/s187.7 MB/s
Physics2067 frames/s673 frames/s
Extended Instructions322 M matrices/s125 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
2931
Intel Core i5 10400
1499
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
15478
Intel Core i5 10400
6113
File Compression1560 MB/s438.2 MB/s
Clang Compilation120.3 KLines/s47.1 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser298 pages/s137.5 pages/s
PDF Rendering437.3 MP/sec201.7 MP/sec
Text Processing300.6 pages/s148.5 pages/s
Background Blur72.1 frames/s33.2 frames/s
Photo Processing114.7 frames/s54.5 frames/s
Ray Tracing26.7 MP/sec9.62 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
284.16
Intel Core i5 10400
113.96

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 147.4 PPW 94 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 341.5 PPW 185.5 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 10.5 PPW n/a
Blender / W 2.71 PPW 1.75 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Intel
Announced September, 29, 2022 May, 1, 2020
Type PC use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 4 (Raphael) Comet Lake
Model number n/a i5-10400
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) UHD Graphics 630

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 8 6
Threads 16 12
Frequency 4.5 GHz 2.9 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.4 GHz 4.3 GHz
General
Cores count86
Threads count1612
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Bandwidthn/a8 GT/s
Multiplier45x29x
L1 cache64 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/core256 KB/core
L3 Cache32 MB total12 MB total
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Package

Transistor count 6.57 billion n/a
Process tech. 5 nm 14 nm
Power (TDP) 105 W 65 W
Max TDP (Boost) 142 W n/a
Socket AM5 LGA-1200
Critical temp. 95 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR5-5200 DDR4-2666
Max Size 128 GB 128 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support Yes No
Max memory bandwidth n/a 41.6 GB

Other

PCIe Version 5.0 3.0
Max PCIe Lanes 28 16

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Ryzen 7 7700X the clear winner in this comparison.

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