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Core i5 7400

Intel desktop processor · Core i 7th gen · launched January 2017

Launch price
$182
≈ $246 in 2026 dollars
Blender 4.x render score
44
#254 of 290 scored desktop processors
Cores / threads
4 / 4
6 MB L3 cache
Rated power
65 W

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Launch price in today's dollars

The Core i5 7400 launched at $182 in 2017. Adjusted with the U.S. Consumer Price Index, that is about $246 in 2026 dollars (7-month average), a 35% rise over 9 years. At its launch price that is 24 Blender points per $100.

Method: launch price × (CPI 2026 average ÷ CPI 2017 average), calendar-year averages of BLS series CPIAUCSL. 2026 covers 7 months so far.

Blender rendering score

Median score 44 (middle half of runs 36–48) across 48 community runs on Blender 4.x with the CPU backend. That is #254 of 290 desktop processors in our dataset with a score, and #13 of 15 in the Core i 7th 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

VendorIntel
SeriesCore i 7th gen
LaunchedJanuary 2017
Launch price$182 (1,000-unit price)
SocketLGA 1151
Cores / threads4 / 4
Base clock3 GHz
Boost clock3.5 GHz
L3 cache6 MB
Rated power65 W (TDP)
Integrated graphicsHD 630
Tier5-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.

PartYearLaunch priceIn 2026 $Blender
Core i5 6400T2015$182$25431
Core i5 65002015$192$26844
Core i5 6500T2015$192$26846
Core i5 66002015$213$29742
Core i5 6600T2015$213$297
Core i5 6402P2015$182$254
Core i5 6585R2016
Core i5 6685R2016
Core i5 74002017$182$24644
Core i5 7400T2017$182$246
Core i5 75002017$192$25946
Core i5 7500T2017$192$25938
Core i5 76002017$213$288
Core i5 7600K2017$242$32762
Core i5 7600T2017$213$288
Core i5 7640X2017$242$327

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