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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X vs Intel Core i5-10400

Last updated: 2026-06-05

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X

Rank 2 - 53 %

Intel Core i5-10400

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X

Rank 2 - 16 %

Intel Core i5-10400

Cinebench 2026 Single-Thread
Single-core performance

32C / 64T · 5.30 GHz

458 pts

6C / 12T · 4.30 GHz

280 pts

Cinebench 2026 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

32C / 64T · 5.30 GHz

14,436 pts

6C / 12T · 4.30 GHz

1,967 pts

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

32C / 64T · 5.30 GHz

119 pts

6C / 12T · 4.30 GHz

68 pts

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

32C / 64T · 5.30 GHz

3,685 pts

6C / 12T · 4.30 GHz

443 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

32C / 64T · 5.30 GHz

1,988 pts

6C / 12T · 4.30 GHz

1,120 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

32C / 64T · 4.80 GHz

65,269 pts

6C / 12T · 4.00 GHz

8,164 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

32C / 64T · 5.30 GHz

2,942

6C / 12T · 4.30 GHz

1,433

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

32C / 64T · 4.80 GHz

25,442

6C / 12T · 4.00 GHz

6,261

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

32C / 64T · 5.30 GHz

773 cb

6C / 12T · 4.30 GHz

450 cb

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

32C / 64T · 5.30 GHz

2,166

6C / 12T · 4.30 GHz

1,120

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

32C / 64T · 4.80 GHz

25,421 cb

6C / 12T · 4.00 GHz

3,197 cb

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

32C / 64T · 4.80 GHz

43,613

6C / 12T · 4.00 GHz

5,870

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries

Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Monero Hashrate
94 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X	Intel Core i5-10400
Family	AMD Ryzen Threadripper (16)	Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU group	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7000 (3)	Intel Core i 10000 (43)
Architecture	Storm Peak (Zen 4)	Comet Lake S
Technology	5 nm	14 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	sTR5	LGA 1200
Predecessor		Intel Core i5-9400
Successor	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9970X	Intel Core i5-11400

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X	Intel Core i5-10400
CPU Cores / Threads	32 / 64	6 / 12
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	32x Zen 4	6x
Frequency:	4.00 GHz	2.90 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	5.30 GHz	4.30 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	4.80 GHz	4.00 GHz
L2-Cache	32.00 MB
L3-Cache	128.00 MB	12.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X	Intel Core i5-10400
GPU name	no iGPU	Intel UHD Graphics 630
GPU frequency		0.35 - 1.20 GHz
CUs / Shader	/	24 / 192
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays		3
Max. GPU Memory		64 GB
Technology		14 nm
Release date		Q4/2017

NPU AI performance

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X	Intel Core i5-10400
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X	Intel Core i5-10400
Memory	DDR5-5200 (166.4 GB/s)	DDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s)
Max. Memory	1024 GB	128 GB
Memory channels	4	2
ECC	Yes	No
PCIe	5.0 x 48	3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	189.0 GB/s	15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X	Intel Core i5-10400
TDP	350 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	95 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X	Intel Core i5-10400
Chip design	Chiplet	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 11, Linux	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4A, SSE4.2, SSSE3, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q4/2023	Q2/2020
Release price	2990 $	182 $
Documents	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X
32C / 64T · 4.00 - 5.30 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i5-10400
6C / 12T · 2.90 - 4.30 GHz

★★★★★