Core i5 10400
Intel desktop processor · Core i 10th gen · launched April 2020
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Launch price in today's dollars
The Core i5 10400 launched at $182 in 2020. Adjusted with the U.S. Consumer Price Index, that is about $233 in 2026 dollars (7-month average), a 28% rise over 6 years. At its launch price that is 60 Blender points per $100.
Method: launch price × (CPI 2026 average ÷ CPI 2020 average), calendar-year averages of BLS series CPIAUCSL. 2026 covers 7 months so far.
Blender rendering score
Median score 110 (middle half of runs 103–117) across 88 community runs on Blender 4.x with the CPU backend. That is #181 of 290 desktop processors in our dataset with a score, and #19 of 25 in the Core i 10th gen.
This is a rendering benchmark (samples per minute over the monster, junkshop and classroom scenes), not a gaming benchmark. It says how fast the part renders in Blender's Cycles engine and nothing about frame rates. Source: Blender Open Data, CC0, snapshot 2026-09-06.
Specifications
| Vendor | Intel |
|---|---|
| Series | Core i 10th gen |
| Launched | April 2020 |
| Launch price | $182 (1,000-unit price) |
| Socket | LGA 1200 |
| Cores / threads | 6 / 12 |
| Base clock | 2.9 GHz |
| Boost clock | 4.3 GHz |
| L3 cache | 12 MB |
| Rated power | 65 W (TDP) |
| Integrated graphics | UHD 630 |
| Tier | 5-series |
The Intel 5-series over time
Intel desktop processors in the same tier around this one, oldest first, re-releases left out. Prices in launch dollars and in 2026 dollars; scores are Blender 4.x medians where they exist.
| Part | Year | Launch price | In 2026 $ | Blender |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core i5 9400F | 2019 | $182 | $236 | 76 |
| Core i5 9600KF | 2019 | $263 | $340 | 87 |
| Core i5 9400T | 2019 | $182 | $236 | — |
| Core i5 9500 | 2019 | $192 | $248 | 97 |
| Core i5 9500F | 2019 | $192 | $248 | — |
| Core i5 9500T | 2019 | $192 | $248 | — |
| Core i5 9600 | 2019 | $213 | $276 | — |
| Core i5 9600T | 2019 | $213 | $276 | — |
| Core i5 10400 | 2020 | $182 | $233 | 110 |
| Core i5 10400F | 2020 | $157 | $201 | 108 |
| Core i5 10400T | 2020 | $182 | $233 | — |
| Core i5 10500 | 2020 | $192 | $245 | 110 |
| Core i5 10500T | 2020 | $192 | $245 | — |
| Core i5 10600 | 2020 | $213 | $272 | 139 |
| Core i5 10600K | 2020 | $262 | $335 | 124 |
| Core i5 10600KF | 2020 | $237 | $303 | 119 |
Compare with
- Core i3 10300 · 2020 · $143
- Core i3 10300T · 2020 · $143
- Core i3 10320 · 2020 · $154
- Core i5 10400F · 2020 · $157 · 108
- Core i5 10400T · 2020 · $182
- Core i5 10500 · 2020 · $192 · 110
- Core i5 10500T · 2020 · $192
- Core i5 10600 · 2020 · $213 · 139
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