Intel Core i5-7400 vs AMD Phenom II X4 840

Intel Core i5-7400
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3300 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2016
Intel Core i5-7400
AMD Phenom II X4 840
AMD Socket AM3DESKTOP
3200 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jan 2011
AMD Phenom II X4 840

Summary

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-7400

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 AMD Phenom II X4 840.
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 AMD Phenom II X4 840

None

Intel Core i5-7400

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-7400

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i5-7400

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-7400

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


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i5-7400AMD Phenom II X4 840
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
vPro
Boost 2.0
3DNow!
SSE4A
AMD64
NX bit
AMD Virtualization

Architecture

Intel Core i5-7400AMD Phenom II X4 840
ArchitectureIntel_KabylakevsAMD K10
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameKaby LakevsPropus
Release DateSep 2016vsJan 2011

Cores

Intel Core i5-7400AMD Phenom II X4 840
Cores4vs4
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD Graphics 630vsNo

Cache

Intel Core i5-7400AMD Phenom II X4 840
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs128 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs512 KB (per core)
L3 Cache6144 KB (shared)vs0 KB

Physical

Intel Core i5-7400AMD Phenom II X4 840
SocketIntel Socket 1151vsAMD Socket AM3
Max Case Temp72°Cvsunknown
PackagevsuPGA
Die Sizeunknownvs169mm²
Process14 nmvs45 nm

Performance

Intel Core i5-7400AMD Phenom II X4 840
Cpu Frequency3300 MHzvs3200 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs200 MHz
Voltageunknownvs1.4 V
TDP65 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-7400
    3960 points
  • AMD Phenom II X4 840
    2016 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-7400
    15840 points
  • AMD Phenom II X4 840
    8064 points

Points - higher is better