Intel Core i5 7400 vs AMD Ryzen 7 5700U

25 out of 100
Intel Core i5 7400
VS
37 out of 100
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

General overview and comparison of the processors
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
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 5700U and 7400
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 tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
486
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 393
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 1943

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
1605
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
6562
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
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]868 & 1164 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
2531
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
15369
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
Sources: PassMark [3], [4]6713 & 5261 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
43.14
120.67

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
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

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i5 7400
No benchmark results yet
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-07-29 (Mike)Geekbench 6 CPU1519 / 5184
📘 2026-05-30 (Ryan A.)Cinebench 2026393 / 1943
📘 2024-11-30 (Hp Ireland)Cinebench 202473 / 486

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 7400 and AMD Ryzen 7 5700U

General

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

Performance Cores
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
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
0.4 TFLOPS
1.9 TFLOPS

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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