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Core i5-2500K vs Core i5-8400

Core i5-2500K vs Core i5-8400: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Core i5-8400 outperforms Core i5-2500K on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i5-8400 is 2461 days newer than Core i5-2500K.

Advantages of Intel Core i5-2500K

  • Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i5-8400 doesn't have integrated graphics

Advantages of Intel Core i5-8400

  • Performs up to 9% better in Remnant II than Core i5-2500K - 87 vs 80 FPS
  • Consumes up to 32% less energy than Intel Core i5-2500K - 65 vs 95 Watts
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-2500K - 6 vs 4 threads
This is a free version of Remnant II.
Remnant II

Remnant II

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i5-2500K Logo
Core i5-2500K

Desktop • Jan 9th, 2011


FPS

80

91.95402298850574%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

Intel Core i5-8400 Logo
Core i5-8400

Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017


FPS

87

100%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

€177.5

100%

FPS Winner

Intel Core i5-8400 Prozessor (9 MB Cache, bis zu 4,00 GHz)

Buy for 177.5 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 75448 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i5-2500K Logo
Core i5-2500K

Desktop • Jan 9th, 2011

Intel Core i5-8400 Logo
Core i5-8400

Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i5-2500K Logo
Core i5-2500K

Desktop • Jan 9th, 2011


Single-Core

646

47.74575018477458%

Multi-Core

1921

40.459140690817186%

Intel Core i5-8400 Logo
Core i5-8400

Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017


Single-Core

1353

100%

Multi-Core

4748

100%

Intel Core i5-2500K Logo

Intel Core i5-2500K

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Intel Core i5-8400 Logo

Intel Core i5-8400

Jan 9th, 2011Release Date
Oct 5th, 2017
Core i5CollectionCore i5
Sandy BridgeCodenameCoffee Lake
Intel Socket 1155SocketIntel Socket 1151
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
4Cores
6
4Threads
6
3.3 GHz
Base Clock Speed2.8 GHz
3.7 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
4.0 GHz
95 WTDP
65 W
32 nmProcess Size
14 nm
33.0x
Multiplier28.0x
Intel HD 3000
Integrated GraphicsNone
Yes
OverclockableNo

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