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Core i9-7960X vs Core i5-8400

Core i9-7960X vs Core i5-8400: 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 i9-7960X

  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8400 - 32 vs 6 threads

Advantages of Intel Core i5-8400

  • Consumes up to 61% less energy than Intel Core i9-7960X - 65 vs 165 Watts
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Red Dead Redemption 2

Red Dead Redemption 2

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Highest

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

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2017


FPS

158

100%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

Intel Core i5-8400 Logo
Core i5-8400

Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017


FPS

158

100%

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 253 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Highest

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

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2017

Intel Core i5-8400 Logo
Core i5-8400

Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

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

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2017


Single-Core

1376

100%

Multi-Core

10496

100%

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

vs

Intel Core i5-8400

Sep 1st, 2017Release Date
Oct 5th, 2017
Core i9CollectionCore i5
SkylakeCodenameCoffee Lake
Intel Socket 2066SocketIntel Socket 1151
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
16
Cores6
32
Threads6
2.8 GHzBase Clock Speed2.8 GHz
4.2 GHz
Turbo Clock Speed4.0 GHz
165 WTDP
65 W
14 nmProcess Size14 nm
28.0xMultiplier28.0x
NoneIntegrated GraphicsNone
Yes
OverclockableNo

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