Intel Core i5-10400 vs Intel Core i5-10400F. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 10000 Intel Core i 10000
• Family
  Intel Core i5 Intel Core i5
• Generation
  10 10
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i5-9400 Intel Core i5-9400F
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Successor
  Intel Core i5-11400 Intel Core i5-11400F

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  2.9 GHz 2.9 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  6 6
• CPU Threads
  12 12
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.3 GHz 4.3 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  4 GHz 4 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  12 -
• Execution units
  24 -
• Generation
  9.5 -
• GPU Frequency
  350 MHz -
• GPU name
  Intel UHD Graphics 630 None
• GPU Turbo
  1200 MHz -
• Max. displays
  3 -
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB -
• Release date
  Q4/2017 -
• Shader
  192 -
• Technology
  14 nm -
• Graphics verification source
  - https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000058487/processors.html

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• VP8
  Decode / Encode No
• VP9
  Decode / Encode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-10400F and Intel Core i5-10400. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 128 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-2666 DDR4-2666
• PCIe lanes
  16 16
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-10400 and Intel Core i5-10400F Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  100 °C 100 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  65 W 65 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-10400 and Intel Core i5-10400F, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Comet Lake S Comet Lake S
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L3-Cache
  12.00 MB 12.00 MB
• Release date
  Q2/2020 Q2/2020
• Socket
  LGA 1200 LGA 1200
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d