i5-8400T vs Pentium Dual T4500

Aggregate performance score

Pentium Dual Core T4500
2010
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.84
Core i5-8400T
2018
6 cores / 6 threads, 35 Watt
4.69
+458%

Core i5-8400T outperforms Pentium Dual Core T4500 by a whopping 458% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Dual Core T4500 and Core i5-8400T processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking25681271
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data4.78
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Pentium Dual CoreIntel Core i5
Power efficiency2.2712.68
Architecture codenamePenryn (2008−2011)Coffee Lake (2017−2019)
Release date1 January 2010 (14 years ago)2 April 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$182

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pentium Dual Core T4500 and Core i5-8400T basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads26
Base clock speed2.3 GHz1.7 GHz
Boost clock speed2.3 GHz3.3 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rate800 MHz4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data17
L1 cache128 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB256K (per core)
L3 cacheno data9 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm14 nm
Die size107 mm2149 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors410 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Dual Core T4500 and Core i5-8400T compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketPFCLGA1151
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Dual Core T4500 and Core i5-8400T. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+

Security technologies

Pentium Dual Core T4500 and Core i5-8400T technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
MPX-+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Dual Core T4500 and Core i5-8400T are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Dual Core T4500 and Core i5-8400T. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4-2666
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data42.671 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel UHD Graphics 630
Max video memoryno data64 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.05 GHz
InTru 3Dno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Dual Core T4500 and Core i5-8400T integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Dual Core T4500 and Core i5-8400T integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Dual Core T4500 and Core i5-8400T integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Dual Core T4500 and Core i5-8400T.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Pentium Dual T4500 0.84
i5-8400T 4.69
+458%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Pentium Dual T4500 1336
i5-8400T 7450
+458%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.84 4.69
Recency 1 January 2010 2 April 2018
Physical cores 2 6
Threads 2 6
Chip lithography 45 nm 14 nm

i5-8400T has a 458.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.

The Core i5-8400T is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Dual Core T4500 in performance tests.

Be aware that Pentium Dual Core T4500 is a notebook processor while Core i5-8400T is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium Dual Core T4500 and Core i5-8400T, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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