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In short — Core i5-9400 outperforms the cheaper Core i3-6100 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Core i3-6100 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i5-9400 is 1144 days newer than the cheaper Core i3-6100.
Advantages of Intel Core i3-6100
- Up to 85% cheaper than Core i5-9400 - £29.1 vs £188.88
- Up to 84% better value when playing Resident Evil 4 than Core i5-9400 - £0.17 vs £1.07 per FPS
- Consumes up to 22% less energy than Intel Core i5-9400 - 51 vs 65 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i5-9400
- Performs up to 2% better in Resident Evil 4 than Core i3-6100 - 176 vs 172 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i3-6100 - 6 vs 4 threads
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BQTEC Intel Core i3-6100 3.70 GHz Dual-Core Quad-Thread 3 MB Cache 51 W CPU Processor LGA 1151
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Core i3-6100
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2015
Core i5-9400
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i3-6100 | vs | Intel Core i5-9400 |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1st, 2015 | Release Date | Oct 19th, 2018 |
| Core i3 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Skylake | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 | Cores | 6 |
| 4 | Threads | 6 |
3.7 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.9 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.1 GHz |
51 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
37.0x | Multiplier | 29.0x |
| Intel HD 530 | Integrated Graphics | UHD 630 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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