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Core i5-8400 vs Ryzen 7 2700X

Core i5-8400 vs Ryzen 7 2700X: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

FPS Winner

Intel Core i5-8400

2.8 GHz | 6-core

Intel Core i5-8400 Logo
Intel Core i5-8400 Retail - (1151/Hex Core/2.80GHz/9MB/Coffee Lake/65W/Graphics)

Buy for £156.85 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 74344 minutes ago

vs

AMD Ryzen 7 2700X

3.7 GHz | 8-core

AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Logo
AMD YD270XBGAFBOX Ryzen 7 2700X Processor with Wraith Prism RGB LED Cooler

Buy for £230 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 74344 minutes ago

FPS Winner

Intel Core i5-8400

2.8 GHz | 6-core

Intel Core i5-8400 Logo
Intel Core i5-8400 Retail - (1151/Hex Core/2.80GHz/9MB/Coffee Lake/65W/Graphics)

Buy for £156.85 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 74344 minutes ago

vs

AMD Ryzen 7 2700X

3.7 GHz | 8-core

AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Logo
AMD YD270XBGAFBOX Ryzen 7 2700X Processor with Wraith Prism RGB LED Cooler

Buy for £230 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 74344 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — Core i5-8400 outperforms the more expensive Ryzen 7 2700X on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i5-8400 is 196 days older than the more expensive Ryzen 7 2700X.

Advantages of Intel Core i5-8400

  • Performs up to 2% better in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 than Ryzen 7 2700X - 106 vs 104 FPS
  • Up to 32% cheaper than Ryzen 7 2700X - £156.85 vs £230.0
  • Consumes up to 38% less energy than AMD Ryzen 7 2700X - 65 vs 105 Watts

Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 2700X

  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8400 - 16 vs 6 threads
This is a free version of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020.
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i5-8400 Logo
Core i5-8400

Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017


FPS

106

100%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

£156.85

100%

FPS Winner

Intel Core i5-8400 Retail - (1151/Hex Core/2.80GHz/9MB/Coffee Lake/65W/Graphics)

Buy for £156.85 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 74344 minutes ago

AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Logo
Ryzen 7 2700X

Desktop • Apr 19th, 2018


FPS

104

98.11320754716981%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

£230

68%

AMD YD270XBGAFBOX Ryzen 7 2700X Processor with Wraith Prism RGB LED Cooler

Buy for £230 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 74344 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i5-8400 Logo
Core i5-8400

Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017

AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Logo
Ryzen 7 2700X

Desktop • Apr 19th, 2018

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i5-8400 Logo
Core i5-8400

Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017


Single-Core

1353

100%

Multi-Core

4748

77.67053819728447%

AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Logo
Ryzen 7 2700X

Desktop • Apr 19th, 2018


Single-Core

1245

92.01773835920177%

Multi-Core

6113

100%

Intel Core i5-8400 Logo

Intel Core i5-8400

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AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Logo

AMD Ryzen 7 2700X

Oct 5th, 2017Release Date
Apr 19th, 2018
Core i5CollectionRyzen 7
Coffee LakeCodenamePinnacle Ridge
Intel Socket 1151SocketAMD Socket AM4
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
6Cores
8
6Threads
16
2.8 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.7 GHz
4.0 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
4.3 GHz
65 W
TDP105 W
14 nmProcess Size
12 nm
28.0xMultiplier
37.0x
NoneIntegrated GraphicsNone
NoOverclockable
Yes

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