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Core i9-7940X vs Core i5-8400

Core i9-7940X vs Core i5-8400: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Core i9-7940X outperforms Core i5-8400 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i9-7940X is 34 days older than Core i5-8400.

Advantages of Intel Core i9-7940X

  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8400 - 28 vs 6 threads

Advantages of Intel Core i5-8400

  • Consumes up to 61% less energy than Intel Core i9-7940X - 65 vs 165 Watts
This is a free version of Far Cry 5.
Far Cry 5

Far Cry 5

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i9-7940X Logo
Core i9-7940X

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2017


FPS

208

100%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

Intel Core i5-8400 Logo
Core i5-8400

Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017


FPS

208

100%

Value, €/FPS

€0.85/FPS

100%

Price, €

€177.5

100%

Value Winner

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

Buy for 177.5 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 35 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i9-7940X Logo
Core i9-7940X

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2017

Intel Core i5-8400 Logo
Core i5-8400

Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i9-7940X Logo
Core i9-7940X

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2017


Single-Core

1370

100%

Multi-Core

9923

100%

Intel Core i5-8400 Logo
Core i5-8400

Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017


Single-Core

1353

98%

Multi-Core

4748

47%

Intel Core i9-7940X Logo

Intel Core i9-7940X

vs
Intel Core i5-8400 Logo

Intel Core i5-8400

Sep 1st, 2017Release Date
Oct 5th, 2017
Core i9CollectionCore i5
SkylakeCodenameCoffee Lake
Intel Socket 2066SocketIntel Socket 1151
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
14
Cores6
28
Threads6
3.1 GHz
Base Clock Speed2.8 GHz
4.3 GHz
Turbo Clock Speed4.0 GHz
165 WTDP
65 W
14 nmProcess Size14 nm
31.0x
Multiplier28.0x
NoneIntegrated GraphicsNone
Yes
OverclockableNo

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