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Core i5-8400 vs Core i3-540

Core i5-8400 vs Core i3-540: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Core i5-8400 outperforms the more expensive Core i3-540 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i5-8400 is 2828 days newer than the more expensive Core i3-540.

Advantages of Intel Core i5-8400

  • Performs up to 32% better in Far Cry 6 than Core i3-540 - 119 vs 90 FPS
  • Up to 41% cheaper than Core i3-540 - €176.88 vs €298.0
  • Consumes up to 11% less energy than Intel Core i3-540 - 65 vs 73 Watts
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i3-540 - 6 vs 4 threads

Advantages of Intel Core i3-540

  • Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i5-8400 doesn't have integrated graphics
This is a free version of Far Cry 6.
Far Cry 6

Far Cry 6

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i5-8400 Logo
Core i5-8400

Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017


FPS

119

100%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

€176.88

100%

FPS Winner

Intel Core i5-8400 Processore 9 MB di cache fino a 4.00 GHz

Buy for 176.88 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 39 minutes ago

Intel Core i3-540 Logo
Core i3-540

Desktop • Jan 7th, 2010


FPS

90

75.63025210084034%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

€298

59%

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i5-8400 Logo
Core i5-8400

Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017

Intel Core i3-540 Logo
Core i3-540

Desktop • Jan 7th, 2010

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i5-8400 Logo
Core i5-8400

Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017


Single-Core

1353

100%

Multi-Core

4748

100%

Intel Core i3-540 Logo
Core i3-540

Desktop • Jan 7th, 2010


Single-Core

408

30.155210643015522%

Multi-Core

841

17.712721145745576%

Intel Core i5-8400

vs

Intel Core i3-540

Oct 5th, 2017
Release DateJan 7th, 2010
Core i5CollectionCore i3
Coffee LakeCodenameClarkdale
Intel Socket 1151SocketIntel Socket 1156
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
6
Cores2
6
Threads4
2.8 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.1 GHz
4.0 GHzTurbo Clock SpeedNon-Turbo
65 W
TDP73 W
14 nm
Process Size32 nm
28.0x
Multiplier23.0x
NoneIntegrated Graphics
Intel HD
NoOverclockableNo

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