Intel Core i5-7400 vs AMD EPYC 7452

Last updated: 2023-04-27

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i5-7400		AMD EPYC 7452
CPU comparison Intel Core i5-7400 or AMD EPYC 7452 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The Intel Core i5-7400 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.50 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-7400 was released in Q1/2017. The AMD EPYC 7452 has 32 cores with 64 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.35 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 8 memory channels. The AMD EPYC 7452 was released in Q3/2019.

Intel Core i5 (331)	Family	AMD EPYC (129)
Intel Core i 7000 (17)	CPU group	AMD EPYC 7002 (24)
7	Generation	2
Kaby Lake S	Architecture	Rome (Zen 2)
Desktop / Server	Segment	Desktop / Server
Intel Core i5-6400	Predecessor	--
Intel Core i5-8400	Successor	AMD EPYC 7453

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The Intel Core i5-7400 has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i5-7400 is 3.00 GHz (3.50 GHz) while the AMD EPYC 7452 has 32 CPU cores and 64 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD EPYC 7452 is at 2.35 GHz (3.35 GHz).
Intel Core i5-7400	Characteristic	AMD EPYC 7452
4	Cores	32
4	Threads	64
normal	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
3.00 GHz	Frequency	2.35 GHz
3.50 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	3.35 GHz
3.30 GHz	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	2.65 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
Intel Core i5-7400	Characteristic	AMD EPYC 7452
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The Intel Core i5-7400 or AMD EPYC 7452 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
Intel HD Graphics 630	GPU	no iGPU
0.35 GHz	GPU frequency	--
1.00 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	--
9.5	GPU Generation	--
14 nm	Technology
3	Max. displays
24	Compute units	--
192	Shader	--
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
64 GB	Max. GPU Memory	--
12	DirectX Version	--

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
Intel HD Graphics 630	GPU	no iGPU
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	No
Decode / Encode	Codec VP9	No
Decode / Encode	Codec VP8	No
No	Codec AV1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec AVC	No
Decode	Codec VC-1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	No

Memory & PCIe The Intel Core i5-7400 can use up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 38.4 GB/s. The AMD EPYC 7452 supports up to GB of memory in 8 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 51.2 GB/s.
Intel Core i5-7400	Characteristic	AMD EPYC 7452
DDR4-2400	Memory	DDR4-3200
64 GB	Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	8 (Octa Channel)
38.4 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	51.2 GB/s
No	ECC	Yes
--	L2 Cache	--
6.00 MB	L3 Cache	128.00 MB
3.0	PCIe version	4.0
16	PCIe lanes	128
15.8 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	252.0 GB/s
Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Core i5-7400 is 65 W, while the AMD EPYC 7452 has a TDP of 155 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
Intel Core i5-7400	Characteristic	AMD EPYC 7452
65 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	155 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
--	Tjunction max.	--
Technical details The Intel Core i5-7400 is manufactured in 14 nm and has 6.00 MB cache. The AMD EPYC 7452 is manufactured in 7 nm and has a 128.00 MB cache.
Intel Core i5-7400	Characteristic	AMD EPYC 7452
14 nm	Technology	7 nm
Monolithic	Chip design	Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
LGA 1151	Socket	SP3
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d	Virtualization	AMD-V, SVM
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux
Q1/2017	Release date	Q3/2019
220 $	Release price	3250 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

Intel Core i5-7400 (96%)

AMD EPYC 7452 (99%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

Intel Core i5-7400 (17%)

AMD EPYC 7452 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i5-7400 4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	884 (91%)
	AMD EPYC 7452 32C 64T @ 3.35 GHz	968 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i5-7400 4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	2803 (11%)
	AMD EPYC 7452 32C 64T @ 2.65 GHz	26314 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	Intel Core i5-7400 4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	1175 (100%)
	AMD EPYC 7452 32C 64T @ 3.35 GHz	1134 (97%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	Intel Core i5-7400 4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	3346 (26%)
	AMD EPYC 7452 32C 64T @ 2.65 GHz	12845 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	Intel Core i5-7400 4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	5510 (13%)
	AMD EPYC 7452 32C 64T @ 2.65 GHz	41873 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i5-7400 4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	925 (100%)
	AMD EPYC 7452 32C 64T @ 3.35 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i5-7400 4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	3359 (100%)
	AMD EPYC 7452 32C 64T @ 2.65 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i5-7400 4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD EPYC 7452 32C 64T @ 3.35 GHz	391 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	Intel Core i5-7400 Intel HD Graphics 630 @ 1.00 GHz	384 (100%)
	AMD EPYC 7452 @ 0.00 GHz	0 (0%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.


	Intel Core i5-7400 4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	623.6 (100%)
	AMD EPYC 7452 32C 64T @ 2.65 GHz	0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	Intel Core i5-7400 4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	384 (100%)
	AMD EPYC 7452 32C 64T @ 2.65 GHz	0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	Intel Core i5-7400 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	1444 (100%)
	AMD EPYC 7452 32C 64T @ 2.35 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i5-7400 4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	149 (100%)
	AMD EPYC 7452 32C 64T @ 3.35 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i5-7400 4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	564 (100%)
	AMD EPYC 7452 32C 64T @ 2.65 GHz	0 (0%)

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