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Intel logo Core i5-8400
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General information Core i5-8400 Core i5-2500K
Launched Q4 2017 Q4 2010
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1151-2 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Coffee Lake Sandy Bridge
Clock 2.8 GHz 15.2 % 3.3 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 0 % 3.7 GHz 7.5 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 31.6 % 95 W 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 56.3 % 32 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
2 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 9 MB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No No
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630 Intel HD Graphics 3000
Performance Core i5-8400 Core i5-2500K
Overall Score 49425 0 % 40396 18.3 %
Future Proof 62 % 0 % 21 % 66.1 %
Benchmark Score 5967 0 % 2663 55.4 %
Single Thread Score 2399.7 0 % 1699.7 29.2 %
Encrypting Data 2793.6 MB/s 0 % 1044.2 MB/s 62.6 %
Compressing Data 126.9 MB/s 0 % 65.8 MB/s 48.1 %
String objects sorting 16037.9 thousand/s 0 % 9107.3 thousand/s 43.2 %
Prime numbers generation 36.7 millions/s 0 % 26.2 millions/s 28.7 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 25706.7 millions/s 0 % 14532.9 millions/s 43.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 21805.7 millions/s 0 % 7326 millions/s 66.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-8400, Core i5-2500K.

Average frames per second Core i5-8400 Core i5-2500K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 101.5 FPS 74.7 FPS
High settings 162.3 FPS 119.5 FPS
Medium settings 202.9 FPS 149.4 FPS
Low settings 253.7 FPS 186.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 26.4 %

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 i5-2500K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 137.5 FPS 121.7 FPS
High settings 220.1 FPS 194.6 FPS
Medium settings 275.1 FPS 243.3 FPS
Low settings 343.9 FPS 304.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 11.6 %
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