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£65.36
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Key Differences
In short — Core i5-9600K outperforms the cheaper Core i5-7400 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Core i5-7400 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i5-9600K is 654 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-7400.
Advantages of Core i5-7400
- Up to 52% cheaper than Core i5-9600K - £65.36 vs £136.66
- Up to 51% better value when playing Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands than Core i5-9600K - £0.35 vs £0.72 per FPS
- Consumes up to 32% less energy than Intel Core i5-9600K - 65 vs 95 Watts
Advantages of Core i5-9600K
- Performs up to 1% better in Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands than Core i5-7400 - 190 vs 189 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-7400 - 6 vs 4 threads
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-7400
Desktop • Jan 3rd, 2017
FPS
189
99%
Value, £/FPS
£0.35/FPS
100%
Price, £
£65.36
209%
Value Winner
Intel Core i5-7400 Retail - (1151/Quad Core/3.00GHz/6MB/Kabylake/65W/Graphics) - BX80677I57400
Buy for £65.36 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 213 minutes ago
Core i5-9600K
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
FPS
190
100%
Value, £/FPS
£0.72/FPS
49%
Price, £
£136.66
100%
FPS Winner
Intel CORE I5-9600K 3.7 GHZ SKT1151 9MB CACHE BOXED - BX80684I59600K (Components > Processors CPU)
Buy for £136.66 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 213 minutes ago
My Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-7400
Desktop • Jan 3rd, 2017
Core i5-9600K
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i5-7400 | vs | Core i5-9600K |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 3rd, 2017 | Release Date | Oct 19th, 2018 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Kaby Lake | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 6 |
| 4 | Threads | 6 |
| 3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.7 GHz |
| 3.5 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.6 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 95 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 30.0x | Multiplier | 37.0x |
| HD 630 | Integrated Graphics | UHD 630 |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
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