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Intel logo Core i5-8400
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General information Core i5-8400 Core i7-4790K
Launched Q4 2017 Q2 2014
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1151-2 LGA1150
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Coffee Lake Haswell Refresh
Clock 2.8 GHz 30 % 4 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 9.1 % 4.4 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 6 25 % 8 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 26.1 % 88 W 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 36.4 % 22 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 9 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No Yes
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630 Intel HD Graphics 4600
Performance Core i5-8400 Core i7-4790K
Overall Score 49429 0 % 47791 3.3 %
Future Proof 62 % 0 % 42 % 32.3 %
Benchmark Score 5969 0 % 5217 12.6 %
Single Thread Score 2390.2 3.7 % 2482.3 0 %
Encrypting Data 2803.7 MB/s 0 % 2244 MB/s 20 %
Compressing Data 126.4 MB/s 0 % 118.7 MB/s 6.1 %
String objects sorting 16020.5 thousand/s 3.3 % 16560.2 thousand/s 0 %
Prime numbers generation 37.3 millions/s 0 % 34.1 millions/s 8.7 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 25456.8 millions/s 12.5 % 29102.1 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 22161.2 millions/s 0 % 14541.2 millions/s 34.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-8400, Core i7-4790K.

Average frames per second Core i5-8400 Core i7-4790K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 101.5 FPS 96.6 FPS
High settings 162.4 FPS 154.6 FPS
Medium settings 202.9 FPS 193.3 FPS
Low settings 253.7 FPS 241.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 4.8 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Core i5-8400 Core i7-4790K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 137.9 FPS 134.9 FPS
High settings 220.6 FPS 215.9 FPS
Medium settings 275.7 FPS 269.9 FPS
Low settings 344.6 FPS 337.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.1 %
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