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Core i3-8130U vs i5-7400


Description
Both models i3-8130U and i5-7400 are based on Kaby Lake architecture.

The first Kaby Lake CPU was released in August 2016. It uses a 14 nm process and was the first architecture in breaking the previous tick-tock model. Actually, it is not that different from the preceding Skylake: it has 64kB of L1 cache and 256kB L2 cache per core.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i3-8130U gets a score of 88.3 k points while the i5-7400 gets 173.7 k points.

Summarizing, the i5-7400 is 2 times faster than the i3-8130U. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
806ea
906e9
Core
Kaby Lake-R
Kaby Lake-S
Architecture
Base frecuency
2.2 GHz
3 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.4 GHz
3.5 GHz
Socket
BGA 1356
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
2/4
4/4
TDP
15 W
65 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
2x32+2x32 kB
4x32+4x32 kB
Cache L2
2x256 kB
4x256 kB
Cache L3
4096 kB
6144 kB
Date
February 2018
September 2016
Mean monothread perf.
47.35k points
52.69k points
Mean multithread perf.
88.35k points
173.7k points

AVX2 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode III (AVX2), like AVX1, is optimized to used 256 bits registers beside the second version of the Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX). The first AVX2 compatible CPU was released in 2013.
Monothread
i3-8130U
i5-7400
Test#1 (Integers)
21.09k
22.37k (x1.06)
Test#2 (FP)
19.41k
19.46k (x1)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.05k
4.44k (x1.1)
Test#1 (Memory)
2.8k
6.41k (x2.29)
TOTAL
47.35k
52.69k (x1.11)

Multithread

i3-8130U

i5-7400
Test#1 (Integers)
38.23k
79.57k (x2.08)
Test#2 (FP)
38.89k
71.41k (x1.84)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
8.75k
16.44k (x1.88)
Test#1 (Memory)
2.47k
6.27k (x2.54)
TOTAL
88.35k
173.7k (x1.97)

Performance/W
i3-8130U
i5-7400
Test#1 (Integers)
2549 points/W
1224 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
2593 points/W
1099 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
584 points/W
253 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
165 points/W
96 points/W
TOTAL
5890 points/W
2672 points/W

Performance/GHz
i3-8130U
i5-7400
Test#1 (Integers)
6204 points/GHz
6392 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
5708 points/GHz
5561 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1190 points/GHz
1267 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
823 points/GHz
1832 points/GHz
TOTAL
13925 points/GHz
15053 points/GHz

Monothread performance graph
Monothread performance graphics gives the performance vs time. They are useful to measure the time it takes to the CPU to reach the maximum performance.

Usually, CPU's performance will be steady during these tests but if it has a slow frequency strategy, the first samples will show a lower score.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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Multithread performance graph
Multithread graphs measure the performance against a heavy load during certain time.

If CPU's TDP doesn't limit the frequency and the machine is properly cooled, performance should remain steady vs time. Otherwise, the performance score will oscillate or decrease over time.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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