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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-10400F outperforms the more expensive Core i7-6850K on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-10400F is 1430 days newer than the more expensive Core i7-6850K.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-10400F
- Performs up to 6% better in War Thunder than Core i7-6850K - 182 vs 172 FPS
- Up to 48% cheaper than Core i7-6850K - £98.8 vs £188.88
- Up to 51% better value when playing War Thunder than Core i7-6850K - £0.54 vs £1.1 per FPS
- Consumes up to 54% less energy than Intel Core i7-6850K - 65 vs 140 Watts
War Thunder
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Movie
Intel BX80671I76850K Core i7 - i7-6850K - 3.6 GHz - 15 MB Cache - LGA2011
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Core i5-10400F
Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020
FPS
182
100%
Value, £/FPS
£0.54/FPS
100%
Price, £
£98.8
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-10400F Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.3 GHz Without Processor Graphics LGA1200 (Intel® 400 Series chipset) 65W
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Movie
Core i7-6850K
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
Core i5-10400F
Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i7-6850K | vs | Intel Core i5-10400F |
|---|---|---|
| May 31st, 2016 | Release Date | Apr 30th, 2020 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Broadwell E | Codename | Comet Lake |
| Intel Socket 2011-3 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 6 |
| 12 | Threads | 12 |
3.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.9 GHz |
| 3.8 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.3 GHz |
| 140 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
36.0x | Multiplier | 29.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i7-6850K or Core i5-10400F
War Thunder, 1920 x 1080, Movie
142 FPS
£5.95/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Core i5-10400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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142 FPS
£5.1/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Core i5-10400F
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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£724.8
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142 FPS
£6.87/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Core i5-10400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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152 FPS
£7.07/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
Core i5-10400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,074.95
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142 FPS
£9.26/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Core i5-10400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,314.95
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135 FPS
£6.89/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-10400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£929.95
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135 FPS
£6/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-10400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£809.95
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142 FPS
£9.12/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Core i5-10400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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140 FPS
£7.71/FPS
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