Intel Core 7 240H vs Intel Core i5 8400

Compared 2 processors: Intel Core 7 240H, vs Intel Core i5 8400. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Intel Core 7 240H and Intel Core i5 8400
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)
Intel Core 7 240H
1890
Intel Core i5 8400
1028
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core 7 240H
16643
Intel Core i5 8400
5852
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core 7 240H
112
Intel Core i5 8400
n/a
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core 7 240H
851
Intel Core i5 8400
n/a
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
Intel Core 7 240H
3676
Intel Core i5 8400
2373
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
Intel Core 7 240H
23780
Intel Core i5 8400
9222
Integer Math79.6 GOps/s25.6 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math59.6 GOps/s22 GOps/s
Prime Number Search99 M primes/s37 M primes/s
Random String Sort29 M strings/s16 M strings/s
Data Encryption15.3 GB/s2.8 GB/s
Data Compression270.8 MB/s130.1 MB/s
Physics1608 frames/s636 frames/s
Extended Instructions168 M matrices/s115 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Intel Core 7 240H
2689
Intel Core i5 8400
1414
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core 7 240H
13279
Intel Core i5 8400
5082
File Compression1110 MB/s392.9 MB/s
Clang Compilation100.9 KLines/s36 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser287.8 pages/s115 pages/s
PDF Rendering369.9 MP/sec156.8 MP/sec
Text Processing270.6 pages/s139 pages/s
Background Blur56.8 frames/s33.8 frames/s
Photo Processing122.1 frames/s49.9 frames/s
Ray Tracing22.3 MP/sec5.93 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
Intel Core 7 240H
n/a
Intel Core i5 8400
77.38

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 295.1 PPW 78.2 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 528.4 PPW 141.9 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 18.9 PPW n/a
Blender / W n/a 1.19 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer Intel Intel
Announced December, 18, 2024 October, 5, 2017
Type Laptop use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Coffee Lake
Model number 240H i5-8400
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (64EU) UHD Graphics 630

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 6 6
Threads 12 6
Frequency 2.5 GHz 2.8 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.2 GHz 4 GHz
Efficiency cores
Cores4n/a
Threads4n/a
Frequency1.8 GHzn/a
Max Frequency (Turbo)4 GHzn/a
General
Cores count106
Threads count166
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Bandwidthn/a8 GT/s
Multiplier25x28x
L1 cache80 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache2000 KB/core256 KB/core
L3 Cache24 MB total9 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Process tech. 10 nm 14 nm
Power (TDP) 35-45 W 65 W
Max TDP (Boost) 115 W n/a
Socket BGA-1744 LGA-1151
Critical temp. 100 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-6400
- LPDDR5x-6400
- LPDDR4x-4267
DDR4-2666
Max Size 96 GB 128 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No No
Max memory bandwidth n/a 41.6 GB

Other

PCIe Version 5.0 3.0
Max PCIe Lanes 28 16
Channels n/a 41422

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Intel Core 7 240H the clear winner in this comparison.

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