Monday, March 9th 2020
Intel Core i5-10400 Pictured and Detailed, New Mid-range Gaming Champion in the Making?
Here are two of the first pictures of Intel's upcoming Core i5-10400 processor, based on the company's 10th generation, 14 nm "Comet Lake-S" silicon. With its 10th generation, Intel is looking to bolster its Core i5 desktop processor series by introducing HyperThreading and increased L3 cache to existing price-points. The i5-10400 is hence a 6-core/12-thread processor with 12 MB of shared L3 cache at its disposal, compared to 9th and 8th generation Core i5 desktop chips being 6-core/6-thread with 9 MB of L3 cache.
The Core i5-10400 succeeds the popular Core i5-9400/F and its equally popular predecessor, the i5-8400. The iGPU-devoid i5-9400F in particular owed its popularity to Intel pricing it $15-20 less than the standard i5-9400. The upcoming i5-10400 is expected to be priced under the $200 mark, with the i5-10400F being similarly discounted. Both chips feature identical CPU specs: 2.90 GHz nominal clock speeds, up to 4.30 GHz maximum Turbo Boost, and 4.00 GHz all-core Turbo Boost. As the chip lacks an unlocked multiplier, its TDP is reportedly rated at 65 W. The chip will compete with AMD's Ryzen 5 3600 for sub-$200 supremacy. The 10th generation Core desktop processor family is built in the new LGA1200 package, and launches alongside the new Intel 400-series chipset, in April.
Sources:
PTT.cc, VideoCardz
The Core i5-10400 succeeds the popular Core i5-9400/F and its equally popular predecessor, the i5-8400. The iGPU-devoid i5-9400F in particular owed its popularity to Intel pricing it $15-20 less than the standard i5-9400. The upcoming i5-10400 is expected to be priced under the $200 mark, with the i5-10400F being similarly discounted. Both chips feature identical CPU specs: 2.90 GHz nominal clock speeds, up to 4.30 GHz maximum Turbo Boost, and 4.00 GHz all-core Turbo Boost. As the chip lacks an unlocked multiplier, its TDP is reportedly rated at 65 W. The chip will compete with AMD's Ryzen 5 3600 for sub-$200 supremacy. The 10th generation Core desktop processor family is built in the new LGA1200 package, and launches alongside the new Intel 400-series chipset, in April.
88 Comments on Intel Core i5-10400 Pictured and Detailed, New Mid-range Gaming Champion in the Making?
10400 is supposed to run at about the same frequency as 3600. Given similar IPC, it will behave about the same.
With a 3600 you're getting
- similar performance at a much better power efficiency
- $20 in your pocket because the Ryzen is cheaper
- an unlocked chip that'll routinely do 4.3-4.4GHz all core, all day (no boost limits)
- No silly requirement for a Z-series motherboard. Several budget B450 boards can handle a 3600 4.4GHz with ease.
- Included cooler. Maybe not for overclocking but at stock it'll match the (clock-locked) Intel without costing you a dime.
- Way more cache. I'm convinced the huge cache is one of the biggest reasons Zen2 stomps all over Intel and Zen1/Zen+
I mean, taking all of that into account, the i5-10400 really needs to be $150 to compete.I typically let them do a gaming session on my systems for a couple hours prior to them doing their builds. That's part of the reason I needed a ryzen system last year hard to recommend something I didn't own.... Graphs only show so much ya know.
Even my 9900k @ 5ghz can be CPU limited in BFV (multiplayer) at 1440p/ultra with a 2080 ti... By around 5-8% but still.
Some have stuck with their 1600/1700 and are super happy with their 1080 class GPU and lower. Also none of the 2600/2700 system I've done have made the switch.
Hint ~ you don't! Also IPC isn't just application dependent, it's also code (path) dependent :rolleyes: