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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-8400 outperforms the more expensive Ryzen 7 1800X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-8400 is 217 days newer than the more expensive Ryzen 7 1800X.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 1800X
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8400 - 16 vs 6 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8400
- Performs up to 2% better in Sons Of The Forest than Ryzen 7 1800X - 101 vs 99 FPS
- Up to 51% cheaper than Ryzen 7 1800X - $114.0 vs $235.0
- Up to 52% better value when playing Sons Of The Forest than Ryzen 7 1800X - $1.13 vs $2.37 per FPS
- Consumes up to 32% less energy than AMD Ryzen 7 1800X - 65 vs 95 Watts
Sons Of The Forest
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
AMD YD180XBCAEWOF Ryzen 7 1800X Processor
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Core i5-8400
Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017
FPS
101
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.13/FPS
100%
Price, $
$114
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel Core i5-8400 Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.0 GHz LGA 1151 300 Series 65W
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Ryzen 7 1800X
Desktop • Mar 2nd, 2017
Core i5-8400
Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 7 1800X | vs | Intel Core i5-8400 |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 2nd, 2017 | Release Date | Oct 5th, 2017 |
| Ryzen 7 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Summit Ridge | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 | Cores | 6 |
16 | Threads | 6 |
3.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.8 GHz |
| 4.0 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.0 GHz |
| 95 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
36.0x | Multiplier | 28.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Ryzen 7 1800X or Core i5-8400
Sons Of The Forest, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
29 FPS
$29.31/FPS
Radeon RX 580
Core i5-8400
8 GB, 1 TB HDD
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