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General information Core i5-8400 Core i7-990X
Launched Q4 2017 Q1 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1151-2 LGA1366
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core i7 Extreme
Core Family Name Coffee Lake Gulftown
Clock 2.8 GHz 20 % 3.5 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 0 % 3.7 GHz 7.5 %
Cores 6 0 % 6 0 %
Threads 6 50 % 12 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 50 % 130 W 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 56.3 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 9 MB
1 × 12 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No Yes
Performance Core i5-8400 Core i7-990X
Overall Score 49424 0 % 46297 6.3 %
Future Proof 62 % 0 % 23 % 62.9 %
Benchmark Score 5967 0 % 4594 23 %
Single Thread Score 2379.6 0 % 1586.9 33.3 %
Encrypting Data 2790.8 MB/s 0 % 2644.7 MB/s 5.2 %
Compressing Data 126.6 MB/s 0 % 119.2 MB/s 5.9 %
String objects sorting 16084.4 thousand/s 0 % 16069.4 thousand/s 0.1 %
Prime numbers generation 37.3 millions/s 0 % 32.8 millions/s 12.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 25882.4 millions/s 12.4 % 29562.3 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 22046 millions/s 0 % 12417.2 millions/s 43.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-8400, Core i7-990X.

Average frames per second Core i5-8400 Core i7-990X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 101.5 FPS 92.2 FPS
High settings 162.3 FPS 147.5 FPS
Medium settings 202.9 FPS 184.4 FPS
Low settings 253.6 FPS 230.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 9.1 %

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 i7-990X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 137.6 FPS 132.1 FPS
High settings 220.2 FPS 211.4 FPS
Medium settings 275.2 FPS 264.2 FPS
Low settings 344.0 FPS 330.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 4 %
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