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The Pentium Gold G5400 is the comparison's loser – it's a much slower gaming CPU than the Core i5-10400 and it's also a much worse value for money, as it's only €5.24 cheaper!

Advantages of the Pentium Gold G5400

  • Up to 4% cheaper€113.71 vs €118.95
  • Consumes up to 11% less energy58 vs 65 Watts

Advantages of the Core i5-10400

  • At least 2x faster CPU for gaming
  • A better value for money for gaming
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously – 12 vs 4 threads

Pentium Gold G5400 vs Core i5-10400 for Gaming

The CPU's performance in selected game and settings

Pentium Gold G5400 vs Core i5-10400 in My Games

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Synthetic Benchmarks

The Pentium Gold G5400 vs Core i5-10400 in synthetic CPU benchmarks

Intel Pentium Gold G5400 Logo

Pentium Gold G5400

Apr 2nd, 2018


Geekbench 6 Single-Core

740

51%

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

1513

27%

Intel Core i5-10400 Logo

Core i5-10400

Apr 30th, 2020


Geekbench 6 Single-Core

1447

100%

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

5542

100%

Performance Specifications

The Pentium Gold G5400 vs Core i5-10400 in core CPU performance specifications

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Pentium Gold G5400

Apr 2nd, 2018


Cores

2-core

33%

L3 Cache

4 MB

33%


Base Frequency

3.7 GHz

100%

Turbo Frequency

GHz

Max. DDR4 RAM Speed

2400 MHz

90%

Intel Core i5-10400 Logo

Core i5-10400

Apr 30th, 2020


Cores

6-core

100%

L3 Cache

12 MB

100%


Base Frequency

2.9 GHz

78%

Turbo Frequency

4.3 GHz

100%

Max. DDR4 RAM Speed

2666 MHz

100%

Intel Pentium Gold G5400 Logo

Pentium Gold G5400

Intel Core i5-10400 Logo

Core i5-10400

General
Apr 2nd, 2018Release Date
Apr 30th, 2020
$64.00MSRPNot Available
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
Intel Socket 1151SocketIntel Socket 1200
Coffee LakeCodenameComet Lake
58 W
Power Consumption65 W
Performance
2Cores
6
4Threads
12
3.7 GHz
Base Frequency2.9 GHz
Non-TurboTurbo Frequency4.3 GHz
4 MBL3 Cache
12 MB
Other Features
DDR4 @ 2400 MHzRAMDDR4 @ 2666 MHz
UHD Graphics 610Integrated GraphicsUHD Graphics 630
NoOverclockableNo

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