Intel Core i3-8100 vs i5-8400
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Best Bench: 91% Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 73% Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg)
Poor: 73%
Great: 91%
SPEED RANK: 134th / 1368
Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier |
Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier |
Workstation 70% Battle cruiser |
116,510 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 85% Base clock 3. 6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 61% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Poor: 61%
Great: 85%
SPEED RANK: 224th / 1368
Gaming 77% Battleship |
Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier |
Workstation 59% Gunboat |
Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed |
85.3 % | Faster effective speed. +11% |
77.1 % |
14 Nov19|PCGamer AMD Ryzen 9 3950X review |
24 % | Hitm2 36%, FarC5 18%, StrangeB 0%, TWarW2 28%, SotTR 30%, ACO 34%, MetroEx 9%, MESoW 5%, Divis2 58% |
Memory Avg. Memory Latency |
87.7 Pts | +3% | 85.2 Pts | |||
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed |
116 Pts | Slightly faster single-core speed. +7% |
108 Pts | |||
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed |
232 Pts | Slightly faster dual-core speed. +7% |
216 Pts | |||
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed |
453 Pts | Faster quad-core speed. +14% |
399 Pts | |||
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed |
612 Pts | Much faster octa-core speed. +51% |
406 Pts |
Memory OC Memory Latency |
94. 4 Pts | +1% | 93.3 Pts | |||
1-Core OC Single Core Speed |
122 Pts | Slightly faster OC single-core speed. +8% |
113 Pts | |||
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed |
242 Pts | Slightly faster OC dual-core speed. +7% |
227 Pts | |||
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed |
478 Pts | Slightly faster OC quad-core speed. +6% |
452 Pts | |||
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed |
684 Pts | Much faster OC octa-core speed. +51% |
452 Pts |
Market Share
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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days) |
0.96 % | Hugely higher market share. +159% |
0.37 % | |||
Value Value For Money |
97.3 % | Better value. +10% |
88.3 % | |||
User Rating UBM User Rating |
61 % | 67 % | Slightly more popular. +10% |
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Price Price (score) |
$172 | $170 | +1% |
Age Newest |
61 Months | 61 Months | ||||
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP) |
65 Watts | 65 Watts | ||||
Cores CPU Processing Cores |
6 cores | Much higher core count. +50% |
4 cores | |||
Threads CPU Processing Threads |
6 threads | Much higher thread count. +50% |
4 threads | |||
Lithography Manufacturing process |
14 nm | 14 nm | ||||
Base Clock Base Clock Speed |
2.8 GHz | 3.6 GHz | Faster base frequency. +29% |
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Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed |
4 GHz | Faster turbo frequency. +11% |
3.6 GHz | |||
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed |
690 Pts | Much faster OC 64-core speed. +53% |
451 Pts | |||
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed |
627 Pts | Much faster 64-core speed. +54% |
408 Pts |
Series CPU Architecture |
Coffee Lake | Coffee Lake | ||||
Socket Motherboard Socket |
FCLGA1151 | FCLGA1151 | ||||
Graphics Integrated Graphics |
UHD 630 | UHD 630 | ||||
Cache Cache |
9 MB | 6 MB | ||||
Memory Types Memory Types |
DDR4-2666 | DDR4-2400 | ||||
Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency |
1. 05 GHz | 1.10 GHz | ||||
Turbo Boost Tech Intel® Turbo Boost Technology ‡ |
2.0 | No | ||||
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The i5-8400 is a competitively priced hex-core processor from Intel’s 8th generation of Core processors (Coffee Lake). Along with the release of the unlocked i5-8600K, this is the first time that six-core processors have featured in the i5 line-up. Like the other Coffee Lake processors, the i5-8400 is based upon an improved version of Intel’s 14nm architecture which featured in both Skylake and Kaby Lake. Early benchmarks reveal that for average quad core usage (most games employ a maximum of four cores) the i5-8400 performs way above its pay grade. It achieves quad core mixed speeds close to Intel’s outgoing 2017 flagship the $300, quad-core, 8 thread i7-7700k, which to date has been a strong favourite for high-end gaming setups. On paper, the i5-8400 has a base clock of 2.8 GHz (Intel are significantly downplaying the performance of this SKU by giving it a relatively low nominal base clock), an all core boost of 3.8 GHz (this is the effective base clock figure that counts) and a single core boost of 4 GHz. This compares reasonably well to the i5-8600K which has a base clock of 3.6 GHz, all core boost of 4.1 GHz and a single core boost of 4.3 GHz. The i5-8400 also features 9MB of L3 cache and an energy-thrifty TDP of 65W. Priced at under $190, the i5-8400 offers fantastic value for money. Unfortunately, like the other Coffee Lake processors, the i5-8400 will require a new 300 series motherboard, and at the time of writing, the only available version is Intel’s high-end Z370 which isn’t an ideal pairing for the i5-8400. The Z series motherboards are designed to cater for the unlocked and overclockable «K» SKUs. Cheaper 300 series motherboards will be available in 2018 at which time the 8400 will offer even better value for money. [Oct ’17 CPUPro]
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Intel’s i3-8100 from their 8th generation of Core processors is a mainstream quad-core CPU. It is the entry model of the latest Coffee Lake line up with a clock speed of 3.6 GHz. Previously, i3 Kaby Lake processors had two cores with hyperthreading, but now, i3 Coffee Lake processors have 4 cores and offer much better value for money in terms of dollars per core. With a performance profile that closely matches last years mid range Kaby Lake i5’s (the then go-to mid range gaming choice) and a price tag of just $120, the i3-8100 represents excellent value for money. Unfortunately, like all Coffe Lake processors, the i3-8100 does require a new 300-series motherboard even though it shares the same LGA1151 socket as the previous generation of Kaby Lake 200 motherboards. Intel were clearly mindful of AMD’s similarly priced quad core Ryzen 3 1200 which achieves very comparable single, and quad-core benchmarks to the i3-8100. [Oct ’17 CPUPro]
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Intel Core i3-8100 and Core i3-8350K Review: RIP Ryzen 3?
Although it’s essentially a 7700K with two additional cores and some extra L3 cache, Intel’s Coffee Lake-based Core i7-8700K proved to be enough of an advancement over its Kaby Lake predecessor for us to crown it the new gaming king a few days ago.
Nonetheless, we recognize that it may not be an attractive upgrade for existing 7700K owners, not to mention that it’s somewhat expensive at $360. With supply being very limited at the moment, buying one this year might be challenging even if you are interested.
With that in mind, we’ve purchased the more affordable Core i3-8100 and 8350K to see what they have to offer.
For $180 the Core i3-8350K is nearly a rebadged Core i5-7600K: both are 14nm quad-cores operating at ~4GHz, but the 8350K is 25% cheaper and should be faster thanks to a larger 8MB L3 cache. In short, you’re essentially getting a little more for a little less with the 8350K.
The Core i3-8100 goes for a much more appealing $120. Although it’s locked at 3.6GHz, it should be comparable to the Core i5-7400 or 7500, sporting the same 6MB L3 cache, but roughly 40% more affordable.
Whereas the Core i3-8350K is priced to compete with the Ryzen 5 1500X, the 8100 takes on the Ryzen 3 series. The only disadvantage the locked 8100 part faces right now is the complete lack of budget motherboards. Z370 boards currently start at $120, while B350 boards can be had for as little as $60 or about half the price.
We’re also interested to see how the 8350K compares to the Core i5-8400. The six-core 8400 is just $10 more and I think I’d rather have the two extra cores for such a small price increase rather than the ability to overclock, but let’s see what the benchmarks have to say…
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First up let’s check out the memory bandwidth performance. These DDR4 dual-channel memory controllers look to be good for around 31-39GB/s of memory bandwidth when using 3200 memory.
Since the Core i3-8100 is a locked part, you’ll ideally want to feature it on a cheaper motherboard that the Z370 models currently on offer. For now the options are limited so this means anyone buying an eighth-gen Core processors will have to pair it with a Z370 board and with that you have unlocked memory frequencies. On upcoming B360 boards for example you will be limited to DDR4-2400, so I’ve decided to test the i3-8100 using both DDR4-2400 and 3200 memory.
Here we see when using DDR4-2400 memory the 8100 is limited to a memory bandwidth of 28.6GB/s. Increasing the memory speed to 3200 boosts the bandwidth by 25% and this will no doubt aid performance in a number of games and applications. Meanwhile the unlocked and higher clocked 8350K was tested using DDR4-3200 memory and it managed 36.8GB/s of bandwidth.
Moving to Cinebench we see that the Core i3-8100 is able to outpace the Ryzen 3 1300X in both the single and multi-threaded tests, so based on this it’s going to be a rough ride for the heavily cut down Ryzen series. The 8350K based on frequency should only be around 10% faster than the 8100 but here we see it with an 18% advantage, the only possible explanation being that the 33% increase in L3 cache capacity helps it in this test.
Regardless while it smokes the Ryzen 5 1500X’s single thread score it’s 16% slower for the multithreaded workload. So based on this I expect the 8350K to punish the 1500X in most games but trail in most of the productivity tests. I should note that the 8350K only just beats the Core i5-7600K while it’s 23% slower than the Core i5-8400.
Before we get to that a quick look at the PCMark 10 scores. The 8350K actually manages to outscore the Core i5-8400 here while the 8100 beats both the Ryzen 3 1300X and R5 1500X. The 8100 was 5% faster when using DDR4-3200 memory opposed to 2400, so not a huge margin but a small boost nonetheless.
Moving to the Excel Monte Carlo simulation we find that the Core i3-8350K is actually much slower than the Ryzen 5 1500X, 24% slower in fact. It was also 9% slower than the 7600K and 19% slower than the 8400.
The Core i3-8100 has more luck as it was 18% faster than the Ryzen 3 1300X and 26% faster than the Core i3-7350K. It’s also worth noting here that the faster DDR4-3200 memory didn’t offer the 8100 an advantage in this application.
Next up we have the VeraCrypt results and here the Ryzen 3 1300X actually pulled ahead of the Core i3-8100, albeit by a slim margin.