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Intel logo Core i5-8400
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General information Core i5-8400 Core i5-3550
Launched Q4 2017 Q1 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1151-2 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Coffee Lake Ivy 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 15.6 % 77 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 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No No
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630 Intel HD Graphics 2500
Performance Core i5-8400 Core i5-3550
Overall Score 49426 0 % 41991 15 %
Future Proof 62 % 0 % 28 % 54.8 %
Benchmark Score 5968 0 % 3109 47.9 %
Single Thread Score 2385.4 0 % 1993 16.4 %
Encrypting Data 2799.2 MB/s 0 % 1218.6 MB/s 56.5 %
Compressing Data 127 MB/s 0 % 73.7 MB/s 42 %
String objects sorting 16077.2 thousand/s 0 % 9357 thousand/s 41.8 %
Prime numbers generation 36.7 millions/s 0 % 28.9 millions/s 21.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 25890.5 millions/s 0 % 15448.6 millions/s 40.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 21851.8 millions/s 0 % 11218.4 millions/s 48.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-8400, Core i5-3550.

Average frames per second Core i5-8400 Core i5-3550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 101.5 FPS 79.4 FPS
High settings 162.3 FPS 127.1 FPS
Medium settings 202.9 FPS 158.9 FPS
Low settings 253.7 FPS 198.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 21.7 %

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 i5-3550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 137.6 FPS 124.5 FPS
High settings 220.2 FPS 199.2 FPS
Medium settings 275.2 FPS 249.0 FPS
Low settings 344.1 FPS 311.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 9.5 %
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