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Core i5-8400 vs Core i9-7960X

Core i5-8400 vs Core i9-7960X: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Core i9-7960X 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 i9-7960X is 34 days older than Core i5-8400.

Advantages of Intel Core i5-8400

  • Consumes up to 61% less energy than Intel Core i9-7960X - 65 vs 165 Watts

Advantages of Intel Core i9-7960X

  • Performs up to 1% better in FIFA 23 than Core i5-8400 - 159 vs 157 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8400 - 32 vs 6 threads
This is a free version of FIFA 23.
FIFA 23

FIFA 23

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i5-8400 Logo
Core i5-8400

Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017


FPS

157

98.74213836477988%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

£146.66

100%

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

Buy for £146.66 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 14 minutes ago

Intel Core i9-7960X Logo
Core i9-7960X

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2017


FPS

159

100%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

FPS Winner

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i5-8400 Logo
Core i5-8400

Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017

Intel Core i9-7960X Logo
Core i9-7960X

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2017

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i5-8400 Logo
Core i5-8400

Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017


Single-Core

1353

98.32848837209302%

Multi-Core

4748

45.23628048780488%

Intel Core i9-7960X Logo
Core i9-7960X

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2017


Single-Core

1376

100%

Multi-Core

10496

100%

Intel Core i5-8400

vs

Intel Core i9-7960X

Oct 5th, 2017
Release DateSep 1st, 2017
Core i5CollectionCore i9
Coffee LakeCodenameSkylake
Intel Socket 1151SocketIntel Socket 2066
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
6Cores
16
6Threads
32
2.8 GHzBase Clock Speed2.8 GHz
4.0 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
4.2 GHz
65 W
TDP165 W
14 nmProcess Size14 nm
28.0xMultiplier28.0x
NoneIntegrated GraphicsNone
NoOverclockable
Yes

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