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Best Bench: 89% Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 61% Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg)

Poor: 61% Great: 89%

SPEED RANK: 231^st / 1468

Gaming 82%

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Desktop 83%

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Workstation 66%

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Best Bench: 82% Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 62% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)

Poor: 62% Great: 82%

SPEED RANK: 345^th / 1468

Gaming 74%

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Desktop 76%

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Workstation 67%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		81.8 %	Faster effective speed. +11%		73.7 %


14 Nov19\|PCGamer AMD Ryzen 9 3950X review		13 %	Hitm2 21%, FarC5 25%, StrangeB 1%, TWarW2 15%, SotTR 20%, ACO 4%, MetroEx 15%, MESoW 12%, Divis2 2%
28 May20\|Techpowerup Intel Core i5-10400F Review - Six ...		15 %	FarC5 31%, BFV 16%, SotTR 3%, Witcher3 5%, Civ6 20%, MetroEx 21%, Sekiro 38%, Wolf2 23%			Rage2 1%, ACO 4%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	84.9 Pts	Lower memory latency. +16%	73.1 Pts
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	113 Pts	+3%	110 Pts
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	224 Pts	+4%	215 Pts
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	434 Pts	Slightly faster quad-core speed. +8%	400 Pts
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	564 Pts		646 Pts	Faster octa-core speed. +15%


Memory OC Memory Latency	94.2 Pts	Lower OC memory latency. +17%	80.7 Pts
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	120 Pts		120 Pts
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	237 Pts		239 Pts	+1%
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	471 Pts	+2%	461 Pts
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	657 Pts		725 Pts	Faster OC octa-core speed. +10%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.78 %	Insanely higher market share. +1,460%	0.05 %
Value Value For Money	98.8 %	Slightly better value. +8%	91.8 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	62 %		68 %	Slightly more popular. +10%
Price Price (score)	$140		$125	Cheaper. +11%


Age Newest	85 Months	Slightly more recent. +7%	91 Months
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watts	Much more energy efficient. +32%	95 Watts
Cores CPU Processing Cores	6 cores		6 cores
Threads CPU Processing Threads	6 threads		12 threads	Hugely higher thread count. +100%
Lithography Manufacturing process	14 nm		14 nm
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	2.8 GHz		3.6 GHz	Faster base frequency. +29%
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	4 GHz		4 GHz
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	675 Pts		917 Pts	Much faster OC 64-core speed. +36%
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	588 Pts		834 Pts	Much faster 64-core speed. +42%


Series CPU Architecture	Coffee Lake	Zen
Socket Motherboard Socket	FCLGA1151	AM4
Graphics Integrated Graphics	UHD 630	None

The i5-8400 is a competitively priced hex-core processor from Intel’s 8th generation of Core processors (Coffee Lake). Along with the release of the unlocked i5-8600K, this is the first time that six-core processors have featured in the i5 line-up. Like the other Coffee Lake processors, the i5-8400 is based upon an improved version of Intel’s 14nm architecture which featured in both Skylake and Kaby Lake. Early benchmarks reveal that for average quad core usage (most games employ a maximum of four cores) the i5-8400 performs way above its pay grade. It achieves quad core mixed speeds close to Intel’s outgoing 2017 flagship the $300, quad-core, 8 thread i7-7700k, which to date has been a strong favourite for high-end gaming setups. On paper, the i5-8400 has a base clock of 2.8 GHz (Intel are significantly downplaying the performance of this SKU by giving it a relatively low nominal base clock), an all core boost of 3.8 GHz (this is the effective base clock figure that counts) and a single core boost of 4 GHz. This compares reasonably well to the i5-8600K which has a base clock of 3.6 GHz, all core boost of 4.1 GHz and a single core boost of 4.3 GHz. The i5-8400 also features 9MB of L3 cache and an energy-thrifty TDP of 65W. Priced at under $190, the i5-8400 offers fantastic value for money. Unfortunately, like the other Coffee Lake processors, the i5-8400 will require a new 300 series motherboard, and at the time of writing, the only available version is Intel’s high-end Z370 which isn't an ideal pairing for the i5-8400. The Z series motherboards are designed to cater for the unlocked and overclockable "K" SKUs. Cheaper 300 series motherboards will be available in 2018 at which time the 8400 will offer even better value for money. ^{[Oct '17 CPUPro]}

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The Ryzen 5 1600X is the flagship processor from AMD's latest generation of Ryzen 5 processors which feature the Zen architecture. Following on from last month's release of the Ryzen 7 series, the Ryzen 5 series is positioned as a less expensive mid-performance alternative to Intel's i5 mainstream offerings. Once again, AMD excels in multi-core technology. Like the Ryzen 5 1600, the 1600X features 6 cores and 12 threads, but has roughly 11% higher clock speeds (out of the box) for a 14% premium. Like all Ryzen CPUs the 1600X is unlocked. The 1600X is the only Ryzen 5 CPU with a TDP of 95W, the 1600, 1500X and 1400 all have 50% lower power consumption of 65W. Due to its high thread count, UserBenchmarks show that at stock clocks the 1600X outperforms the i7-7700k on multi-threaded tasks by 23%, but it lags behind by 23% for single and 14% for quad-core performance. The 1600X is priced keenly at $249 so a more appropriate CPU comparison is the i5-7600k where the 1600X wins on stock multi-core by a whopping 81%. The 1600X does represent great value for workstation users that also game but its $30 cheaper sibling, the 1600 (non x version), which includes a cooler and has great overclocking potential out of the box is arguably the the value king in this segment. ^{[Apr '17 CPUPro]}

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