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Core i7-6900K vs Core i5-8400

Core i7-6900K vs Core i5-8400: 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 i7-6900K

  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8400 - 16 vs 6 threads

Advantages of Intel Core i5-8400

  • Performs up to 1% better in F1 22 than Core i7-6900K - 274 vs 272 FPS
  • Consumes up to 54% less energy than Intel Core i7-6900K - 65 vs 140 Watts
This is a free version of F1 22.
F1 22

F1 22

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra High

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

Desktop • May 31st, 2016


FPS

272

99%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

Intel Core i5-8400 Logo
Core i5-8400

Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017


FPS

274

100%

Value, €/FPS

€0.65/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 13350 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra High

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

Desktop • May 31st, 2016

Intel Core i5-8400 Logo
Core i5-8400

Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

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
Core i5-8400

Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017


Single-Core

1353

100%

Multi-Core

4748

66%

Intel Core i7-6900K Logo

Intel Core i7-6900K

vs
Intel Core i5-8400 Logo

Intel Core i5-8400

May 31st, 2016Release Date
Oct 5th, 2017
Core i7CollectionCore i5
Broadwell-ECodenameCoffee Lake
Intel Socket 2011-3SocketIntel Socket 1151
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
8
Cores6
16
Threads6
3.2 GHz
Base Clock Speed2.8 GHz
3.7 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
4.0 GHz
140 WTDP
65 W
14 nmProcess Size14 nm
32.0x
Multiplier28.0x
NoneIntegrated GraphicsNone
Yes
OverclockableNo

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