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Core i5-8400 vs Core i7-6900K

Core i5-8400 vs Core i7-6900K: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Core i5-8400 outperforms Core i7-6900K on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i5-8400 is 492 days newer than Core i7-6900K.

Advantages of Intel Core i5-8400

  • Performs up to 2% better in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 than Core i7-6900K - 106 vs 104 FPS
  • Consumes up to 54% less energy than Intel Core i7-6900K - 65 vs 140 Watts

Advantages of Intel Core i7-6900K

  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8400 - 16 vs 6 threads
This is a free version of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020.
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i5-8400 Logo
Core i5-8400

Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017


FPS

106

100%

Value, €/FPS

€1.67/FPS

100%

Price, €

€177.5

100%

FPS and Value Winner

Intel Core i5-8400 Prozessor (9 MB Cache, bis zu 4,00 GHz)

Buy for 177.5 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 12500 minutes ago

Intel Core i7-6900K Logo
Core i7-6900K

Desktop • May 31st, 2016


FPS

104

98%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i5-8400 Logo
Core i5-8400

Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017

Intel Core i7-6900K Logo
Core i7-6900K

Desktop • May 31st, 2016

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i5-8400 Logo
Core i5-8400

Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017


Single-Core

1353

100%

Multi-Core

4748

66%

Intel Core i7-6900K Logo
Core i7-6900K

Desktop • May 31st, 2016


Single-Core

1252

92%

Multi-Core

7118

100%

Intel Core i5-8400 Logo

Intel Core i5-8400

vs
Intel Core i7-6900K Logo

Intel Core i7-6900K

Oct 5th, 2017
Release DateMay 31st, 2016
Core i5CollectionCore i7
Coffee LakeCodenameBroadwell-E
Intel Socket 1151SocketIntel Socket 2011-3
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
6Cores
8
6Threads
16
2.8 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.2 GHz
4.0 GHz
Turbo Clock Speed3.7 GHz
65 W
TDP140 W
14 nmProcess Size14 nm
28.0xMultiplier
32.0x
NoneIntegrated GraphicsNone
NoOverclockable
Yes

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