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AMD FX-8370 vs Intel Core i5-8400
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance
AMD FX-8370
50 %
8C / 8T · 4.30 GHz
Intel Core i5-8400
100 %
6C / 6T · 4.00 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
AMD FX-8370
56 %
8C / 8T · 4.30 GHz
Intel Core i5-8400
100 %
6C / 6T · 4.00 GHz
Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
AMD FX-8370
56 %
8C / 8T · 4.15 GHz
Intel Core i5-8400
100 %
6C / 6T · 3.80 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
AMD FX-8370
62 %
8C / 8T · 4.15 GHz
Intel Core i5-8400
100 %
6C / 6T · 3.80 GHz
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
AMD FX-8370
62 %
8C / 8T · 4.00 GHz
Intel Core i5-8400
100 %
6C / 6T · 2.80 GHz
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance
AMD FX-8370
60 %
8C / 8T · 4.30 GHz
Intel Core i5-8400
100 %
6C / 6T · 4.00 GHz
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance
AMD FX-8370
73 %
8C / 8T · 4.15 GHz
Intel Core i5-8400
100 %
6C / 6T · 3.80 GHz
More benchmarks
Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries
218 entries
Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries
219 entries
Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries
427 entries
Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries
422 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries
666 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries
615 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries
534 entries
Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries
213 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries
190 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries
250 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries
751 entries
V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries
251 entries
Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries
1,113 entries
Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries
1,110 entries
Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries
945 entries
Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries
941 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries
826 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries
837 entries
Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries
383 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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AMD FX-8370 | Intel Core i5-8400 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | AMD FX (30) | Intel Core i5 (336) |
| CPU group | AMD FX-8000 (11) | Intel Core i 8000 (20) |
| Architecture | Vishera (Bulldozer) | Coffee Lake S |
| Technology | 32 nm | 14 nm |
| Segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Socket | AM3+ | LGA 1151-2 |
| Predecessor | Intel Core i5-7400 | |
| Successor | Intel Core i5-9400 |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
|
Wischen
|
AMD FX-8370 | Intel Core i5-8400 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 8 / 8 | 6 / 6 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 8x | 6x |
| Frequency: | 4.00 GHz | 2.80 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | 4.30 GHz | 4.00 GHz |
| Turbo (All Cores): | 4.15 GHz | 3.80 GHz |
| L2-Cache | ||
| L3-Cache | 8.00 MB | 9.00 MB |
| Overclocking | ✓ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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AMD FX-8370 | Intel Core i5-8400 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | no iGPU | Intel UHD Graphics 630 |
| GPU frequency | 0.35 - 1.15 GHz | |
| CUs / Shader | / | 24 / 192 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 3 | |
| Max. GPU Memory | 64 GB | |
| Technology | 14 nm | |
| Release date | Q4/2017 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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AMD FX-8370 | Intel Core i5-8400 |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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AMD FX-8370 | Intel Core i5-8400 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s) | DDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 128 GB | |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | Yes | No |
| PCIe | 3.0 x 16 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 15.8 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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AMD FX-8370 | Intel Core i5-8400 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 125 W | 65 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. |
Technical details
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Wischen
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AMD FX-8370 | Intel Core i5-8400 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Unknown | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Linux | Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4 | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 |
| Release date | Q3/2014 | Q4/2017 |
| Release price | 170 $ | 260 $ |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
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