i5-10400F vs Pentium T4400

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium T4400
2009
35 Watt
0.49
Core i5-10400F
2020
6 cores / 12 threads, 65 Watt
8.20
+1573%

Core i5-10400F outperforms Pentium T4400 by a whopping 1573% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium T4400 and Core i5-10400F processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2903926
Place by popularitynot in top-1009
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data23.95
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
Power efficiency1.3211.94
Architecture codenameno dataComet Lake (2020)
Release date1 October 2009 (15 years ago)30 April 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$155

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pentium T4400 and Core i5-10400F 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 coresno data6 (Hexa-Core)
Threadsno data12
Base clock speed2.2 GHz2.9 GHz
Boost clock speedno data4.3 GHz
Bus rateno data8 GT/s
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cacheno data256K (per core)
L3 cache1 MB L2 Cache12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature105 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium T4400 and Core i5-10400F 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 configurationno data1
SocketPGA478FCLGA1200
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium T4400 and Core i5-10400F. 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 Technology-2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring-+
Demand Based Switching-no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-

Security technologies

Pentium T4400 and Core i5-10400F technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-+
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium T4400 and Core i5-10400F are enumerated here.

VT-d-+
VT-x-+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium T4400 and Core i5-10400F. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data41.6 GB/s

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium T4400 and Core i5-10400F.

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 T4400 0.49
i5-10400F 8.20
+1573%

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 T4400 780
i5-10400F 13029
+1570%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Pentium T4400 251
i5-10400F 1454
+479%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Pentium T4400 402
i5-10400F 5776
+1337%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.49 8.20
Recency 1 October 2009 30 April 2020
Chip lithography 45 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 65 Watt

Pentium T4400 has 85.7% lower power consumption.

i5-10400F, on the other hand, has a 1573.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.

The Core i5-10400F is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium T4400 in performance tests.

Be aware that Pentium T4400 is a notebook processor while Core i5-10400F is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium T4400 and Core i5-10400F, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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