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Core i5-8259U vs i5-7400


Description
The i5-8259U is based on Coffee Lake architecture while the i5-7400 is based on Kaby Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i5-8259U gets a score of 229 k points while the i5-7400 gets 173.7 k points.

Summarizing, the i5-8259U is 1.3 times faster than the i5-7400 . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
806ea
906e9
Core
Coffee Lake-U
Kaby Lake-S
Architecture
Base frecuency
2.3 GHz
3 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.8 GHz
3.5 GHz
Socket
BGA 1528
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
4/8
4/4
TDP
28 W
65 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
4x32+x4x32 kB
4x32+4x32 kB
Cache L2
4x256 kB
4x256 kB
Cache L3
6144 kB
6144 kB
Date
March 2018
September 2016
Mean monothread perf.
54.55k points
52.69k points
Mean multithread perf.
229k 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
i5-8259U
i5-7400
Test#1 (Integers)
21.06k
22.37k (x1.06)
Test#2 (FP)
19.79k
19.46k (x0.98)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.72k
4.44k (x0.94)
Test#1 (Memory)
8.98k
6.41k (x0.71)
TOTAL
54.55k
52.69k (x0.97)

Multithread

i5-8259U

i5-7400
Test#1 (Integers)
96.43k
79.57k (x0.83)
Test#2 (FP)
85.46k
71.41k (x0.84)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
22.31k
16.44k (x0.74)
Test#1 (Memory)
24.81k
6.27k (x0.25)
TOTAL
229k
173.7k (x0.76)

Performance/W
i5-8259U
i5-7400
Test#1 (Integers)
3444 points/W
1224 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
3052 points/W
1099 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
797 points/W
253 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
886 points/W
96 points/W
TOTAL
8179 points/W
2672 points/W

Performance/GHz
i5-8259U
i5-7400
Test#1 (Integers)
5543 points/GHz
6392 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
5208 points/GHz
5561 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1241 points/GHz
1267 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
2363 points/GHz
1832 points/GHz
TOTAL
14355 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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