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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-6400 outperforms the cheaper Pentium G6950 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-6400 is 2002 days newer than the cheaper Pentium G6950.
Advantages of Intel Pentium G6950
- Up to 39% cheaper than Core i5-6400 - $27.73 vs $45.19
Advantages of Intel Core i5-6400
- Performs up to 1600% better in Cities: Skylines II than Pentium G6950 - 17 vs 1 FPS
- Up to 90% better value when playing Cities: Skylines II than Pentium G6950 - $2.95 vs $30.78 per FPS
- Consumes up to 11% less energy than Intel Pentium G6950 - 65 vs 73 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G6950 - 4 vs 2 threads
Cities: Skylines II
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Pentium G6950
Desktop • Jan 7th, 2010
FPS
1
5.88235294117647%
Value, €/FPS
€30.78/FPS
9.58414554905783%
Price, €
€30.78
100%
Intel Pentium G6950 Processor 2.8GHz 3 MB Cache Socket LGA1156
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Core i5-6400
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
FPS
17
100%
Value, €/FPS
€2.95/FPS
100%
Price, €
€50.16
61%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel Boxed Core I5-6400 FC-LGA14C 2.70 Ghz 6 M Processor Cache 4 LGA 1151 BX80662I56400
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Updated 259 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Pentium G6950
Desktop • Jan 7th, 2010
Core i5-6400
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Pentium G6950
Desktop • Jan 7th, 2010
Single-Core
324
29.162916291629166%
Multi-Core
517
17.102216341382732%
Intel Pentium G6950 | vs | Intel Core i5-6400 |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 7th, 2010 | Release Date | Jul 2nd, 2015 |
| Pentium | Collection | Core i5 |
| Clarkdale | Codename | Skylake |
| Intel Socket 1156 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 | Cores | 4 |
| 2 | Threads | 4 |
2.8 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.7 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.3 GHz |
| 73 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 21.0x | Multiplier | 27.0x |
| Intel HD | Integrated Graphics | HD Graphics 530 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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