Intel Core i5-10400 vs Intel Core i7-990X

Intel Core i5-10400
Intel Socket 1200DESKTOP
2900 MHz / Cores: 6 / Apr 2020
Intel Core i5-10400
Intel Core i7-990X
Intel Socket 1366DESKTOP
3466 MHz / Cores: 6 / Feb 2011
Intel Core i7-990X

Summary

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-10400

65 watts lower power draw.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the Intel Core i7-990X.
Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.
Higher theoretical multi-threaded performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.
Higher overall performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-990X

None

Intel Core i5-10400

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-10400

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i5-10400

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-10400

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


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i5-10400Intel Core i7-990X
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
ABM
ADX
RdRand
TBT 2.0

Architecture

Intel Core i5-10400Intel Core i7-990X
ArchitectureIntel_CometlakevsIntel_Westmere
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4-2666 MHz Dual-channelvsDDR3
CodenameComet LakevsGulftown
Release DateApr 2020vsFeb 2011

Cores

Intel Core i5-10400Intel Core i7-990X
Cores6vs6
Threads12vs12
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsUHD Graphics 630vsNo

Cache

Intel Core i5-10400Intel Core i7-990X
L1 Cache64K (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256K (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache12MB (shared)vs12288 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i5-10400Intel Core i7-990X
SocketIntel Socket 1200vsIntel Socket 1366
Max Case Temp72°Cvsunknown
PackageFC-LGA1200vsFC-LGA10
Die Sizeunknownvs239mm²
Process14 nmvs32 nm

Performance

Intel Core i5-10400Intel Core i7-990X
Cpu Frequency2900 MHzvs3466 MHz
Turbo Clock4300 MHzvs3733 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs133 MHz
VoltageN/Avs1.375 V
TDP65 Wvs130 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-10400
    5160 points
  • Intel Core i7-990X
    2986 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-10400
    25056 points
  • Intel Core i7-990X
    16636 points

Points - higher is better