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Key Differences
In short — Core i5-10400 outperforms the cheaper Pentium Gold G6405 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Pentium Gold G6405 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i5-10400 is 320 days older than the cheaper Pentium Gold G6405.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-10400
- Performs up to 3% better in Forza Horizon 4 than Pentium Gold G6405 - 311 vs 302 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium Gold G6405 - 12 vs 4 threads
Advantages of Intel Pentium Gold G6405
- Up to 70% cheaper than Core i5-10400 - £66.5 vs £224.84
- Up to 69% better value when playing Forza Horizon 4 than Core i5-10400 - £0.22 vs £0.72 per FPS
- Consumes up to 11% less energy than Intel Core i5-10400 - 58 vs 65 Watts
Forza Horizon 4
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Max
Core i5-10400
Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020
FPS
311
100%
Value, £/FPS
£0.72/FPS
30%
Price, £
£224.84
29%
FPS Winner
Intel Core I5-10400 I5 10400 2.9 GHz Six-Core Twelve-Thread CPU Processor L2=1.5M L3=12M 65W LGA 1200
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Pentium Gold G6405
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
302
97%
Value, £/FPS
£0.22/FPS
100%
Price, £
£66.5
100%
Value Winner
Intel S1200 PENTIUM Gold G6405 BOX 2x4,1 58W GEN10
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Updated 142 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Max
Core i5-10400
Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020
Pentium Gold G6405
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-10400 | vs | Intel Pentium Gold G6405 |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 30th, 2020 | Release Date | Mar 16th, 2021 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Pentium Gold |
| Comet Lake | Codename | Comet Lake |
| Intel Socket 1200 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
6 | Cores | 2 |
12 | Threads | 4 |
| 2.9 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 4.1 GHz |
| 4.3 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 65 W | TDP | 58 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 29.0x | Multiplier | 41.0x |
| UHD Graphics 630 | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 610 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i5-10400 or Pentium Gold G6405
Forza Horizon 4, 1920 x 1080, Max
164 FPS
£6.47/FPS
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Core i5-10400
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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