Intel Core i5-9400T vs Intel Core i3-7120

Intel Core i5-9400T
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
1800 MHz / Cores: 6 / Sep 2018
Intel Core i5-9400T
Intel Core i3-7120
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
4000 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jul 2017
Intel Core i3-7120

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i5-9400T
    111%
  • Intel Core i3-7120
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-9400T
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-7120
    117%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-9400T
    138%
  • Intel Core i3-7120
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-9400T

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 38% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-7120

17% higher single threaded performance.

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


Intel Core i5-9400T

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-9400T

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i5-9400TIntel Core i3-7120
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
Boost 2.0
SSE4.1
HTT

Architecture

Intel Core i5-9400TIntel Core i3-7120
ArchitectureIntel_CoffelakevsIntel_Kabylake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenameCoffee LakevsKaby Lake
Release DateSep 2018vsJul 2017

Cores

Intel Core i5-9400TIntel Core i3-7120
Cores6vs2
Threads6vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsUHD Graphics 630vsIntel HD 630

Cache

Intel Core i5-9400TIntel Core i3-7120
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache9216 KB (shared)vs3072 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i5-9400TIntel Core i3-7120
SocketIntel Socket 1151vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Temp72°Cvs65°C
PackageFC-LGA1151vsFC-LGA1151
Die Sizeunknownvsunknown
Process14 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Core i5-9400TIntel Core i3-7120
Cpu Frequency1800 MHzvs4000 MHz
Turbo Clock3400 MHzvsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltagevariablevsunknown
TDP35 Wvs51 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-9400T
    4080 points
  • Intel Core i3-7120
    4800 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-9400T
    12960 points
  • Intel Core i3-7120
    11520 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-9400T (simulated)
    144.5
  • Intel Core i3-7120 (simulated)
    170.48

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-9400T (simulated)
    603.64
  • Intel Core i3-7120 (simulated)
    436.92

points - higher is better