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In short, we have a clear winner — Pentium Gold G6400 outperforms the more expensive Core i3-540 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Pentium Gold G6400 is 3766 days newer than the more expensive Core i3-540.
Advantages of Intel Pentium Gold G6400
- Performs up to 5% better in Elden Ring than Core i3-540 - 115 vs 110 FPS
- Up to 58% cheaper than Core i3-540 - €84.46 vs €200.0
- Up to 60% better value when playing Elden Ring than Core i3-540 - €0.73 vs €1.82 per FPS
- Consumes up to 21% less energy than Intel Core i3-540 - 58 vs 73 Watts
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Intel Sockel 1156 Core i3 Processor i3-540 Box Prozessor (3060MHz, L2/L3-Cache)
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Pentium Gold G6400
Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020
FPS
115
100%
Value, €/FPS
€0.73/FPS
100%
Price, €
€84.46
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FPS and Value Winner
Intel Pentium Gold G6400 Processor 4 GHz 4 MB Smart Cache Box
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1920 x 1080
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Core i3-540
Desktop • Jan 7th, 2010
Pentium Gold G6400
Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i3-540 | vs | Intel Pentium Gold G6400 |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 7th, 2010 | Release Date | Apr 30th, 2020 |
| Core i3 | Collection | Pentium Gold |
| Clarkdale | Codename | Comet Lake |
| Intel Socket 1156 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 | Cores | 2 |
| 4 | Threads | 4 |
| 3.1 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 4.0 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 73 W | TDP | 58 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 23.0x | Multiplier | 40.0x |
| Intel HD | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 610 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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