i5-10300H vs i5-13400

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Aggregate performance score

Core i5-13400
2023
10 cores / 16 threads, 65 Watt
15.15
+176%

Core i5-13400 outperforms Core i5-10300H by a whopping 176% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Core i5-13400 and Core i5-10300H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking4751158
Place by popularitynot in top-10052
Cost-effectiveness evaluation45.88no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Comet Lake
Architecture codenameRaptor Lake-S (2023−2024)Comet Lake-H (2020)
Release date4 January 2023 (1 year ago)17 September 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$221no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Core i5-13400 and Core i5-10300H basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores10 (Deca-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads168
Base clock speed2.5 GHz2.5 GHz
Boost clock speed4.6 GHz4.5 GHz
Bus rateno data8 GT/s
L1 cache80K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache1.25 MB (per core)256K (per core)
L3 cache20 MB (shared)6 MB (shared)
Chip lithographyIntel 7 nm14 nm
Die size257 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature100 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °C72 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-13400 and Core i5-10300H compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11
SocketFCLGA1700FCBGA1440
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-13400 and Core i5-10300H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
FMA-+
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX+-
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0--
StatusLaunchedDiscontinued
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Core i5-13400 and Core i5-10300H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
Secure Key++
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guard++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-13400 and Core i5-10300H are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i5-13400 and Core i5-10300H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5-4800, DDR4-3200DDR4
Maximum memory size192 GB128 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth76.8 GB/s45.8 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel UHD Graphics 730Intel® UHD Graphics for 10th Gen Intel® Processors
Quick Sync Video++
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency1.55 GHz1.05 GHz
Execution Units24no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i5-13400 and Core i5-10300H integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported43
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
DVIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i5-13400 and Core i5-10300H integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096 x 2160 @ 60Hz4096 x 2304@30Hz
Max resolution over eDP5120 x 3200 @ 120Hz4096 x 2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz4096 x 2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i5-13400 and Core i5-10300H integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX1212
OpenGL4.54.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-13400 and Core i5-10300H.

PCIe version5.0 and 4.03.0
PCI Express lanes1616

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

i5-13400 15.15
+176%
i5-10300H 5.48

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

i5-13400 23143
+176%
i5-10300H 8372

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

i5-13400 2298
+66.5%
i5-10300H 1380

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

i5-13400 10199
+154%
i5-10300H 4019

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

i5-13400 8721
+22.3%
i5-10300H 7130

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

i5-13400 51095
+84.5%
i5-10300H 27692

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

i5-13400 13632
+39.9%
i5-10300H 9744

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

i5-13400 3.47
+105%
i5-10300H 7.12

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

i5-13400 27
+172%
i5-10300H 10

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

i5-13400 2358
+164%
i5-10300H 892

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

i5-13400 257
+38.2%
i5-10300H 186

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

i5-13400 3.1
+43.5%
i5-10300H 2.16

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

i5-13400 11.8
+281%
i5-10300H 3.1

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

i5-13400 7979
+65.4%
i5-10300H 4825

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

i5-13400 136
+155%
i5-10300H 53

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

i5-13400 311
+63.5%
i5-10300H 190

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 15.15 5.48
Recency 4 January 2023 17 September 2020
Physical cores 10 4
Threads 16 8
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 45 Watt

i5-13400 has a 176.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, and 150% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

i5-10300H, on the other hand, has 44.4% lower power consumption.

The Core i5-13400 is our recommended choice as it beats the Core i5-10300H in performance tests.

Note that Core i5-13400 is a desktop processor while Core i5-10300H is a notebook one.


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