Intel Core i5 7400 vs AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
We compared two CPUs: the 3.0 GHz Intel Core i5 7400 (desktop) with 4-cores against the 1.8 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 5700U (laptop) with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
The "iGPU" and "Power Efficiency" have a minor impact on the NanoReview Score for desktop CPU.
Choose your main usage scenario to recalculate the Final Score and see which CPU suits your needs.
Value for money (Beta)
Key Differences
Advantages of Intel Core i5 7400
- Supports up to 64 GB DDR4-2400 RAM
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
- More powerful Radeon RX Vega 8 integrated graphics: 1.9 vs 0.4 TFLOPS
- More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 14 nanometers
- Has 4 more physical cores
- Newer - released 4 years and 1 month later
- Has 2 MB larger L3 cache size
- 34% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 1605 vs 1201 points
- 23% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.3 GHz vs 3.5 GHz)
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
| Cinebench 2026 (Single) | - | 393 |
| Cinebench 2026 (Multi) | - | 1943 |
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 290.1 MB/sec | 504.6 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 23.4 Klines/sec | 43.4 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 72.5 pages/sec | 138 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 107.4 Mpixels/sec | 208.6 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 119.5 pages/sec | 132.7 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 23.3 images/sec | 32.1 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 35.3 images/sec | 55.9 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 4.07 Mpixels/sec | 13.2 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 14.3 GOps/sec | 58.9 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 12.1 GOps/sec | 32.6 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 27M Primes/sec | 29M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 9.3M Strings/sec | 23.3M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 1.6 GBytes/sec | 12.3 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 75.9 MBytes/sec | 215.9 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 438 Frames/sec | 612 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 6.5B Matrices/sec | 13.4B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 2.8 PPW | 19.4 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 53.3 PPW | 262.5 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 84.3 PPW | 614.8 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 0.66 PPW | 4.83 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Intel Core i5 7400
No benchmark results yet
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-07-29 (Mike) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1519 / 5184 |
| 📘 2026-05-30 (Ryan A.) | Cinebench 2026 | 393 / 1943 |
| 📘 2024-11-30 (Hp Ireland) | Cinebench 2024 | 73 / 486 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 7400 and AMD Ryzen 7 5700UGeneral
| Vendor | Intel | Amd |
| Released | January 3, 2017 | January 12, 2021 |
| Type | Desktop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Kaby Lake | Zen 2 (Lucienne) |
| Model number | i5-7400 | - |
| Integrated GPU | HD Graphics 630 | Radeon RX Vega 8 |
| Rival Equivalent | - | - Intel Core i7 1165G7 |
| Successor | - Intel Core Ultra 5 225 | - |
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#158th place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 4 | 8 |
| P-Threads | 4 | 16 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.0 GHz | 1.8 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 3.5 GHz | 4.3 GHz |
| Total Cores | 4 | 8 |
| Total Threads | 4 | 16 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 30x | 18x |
| Bus Bandwidth | 8 GT/s | - |
| L1 Cache | 64K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 256K (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 6MB (shared) | 8MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Fabrication Process | 14 nm | 7 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 65 W | 10-25 W (configurable) |
| Socket | LGA-1151 | FP6 |
| Peak Temperature | 100°C | 105°C |
Desktop CPU ranking (#194th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Intel HD Graphics 630 | Radeon RX Vega 8 |
| GPU Base Clock | 350 MHz | 300 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1000 MHz | 1900 MHz |
| Shading Units | 192 | 512 |
| TMUs | 24 | 32 |
| ROPs | 3 | 8 |
| Execution Units | 24 | 8 |
| TGP | 15 W | 25 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - DDR4-2400 - DDR3L-1600 |
- DDR4-3200 - LPDDR4-4266 |
| Max. Memory Size | 64 GB | 32 GB |
| Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 35.76 GB/s | - |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
| Official Site | Intel Core i5 7400 official page | AMD Ryzen 7 5700U official page |
| PCI Express Version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 16 | 12 |
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