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Key Differences
In short — Core i5-6400 outperforms the cheaper Celeron G4900 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Celeron G4900 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i5-6400 is 1006 days older than the cheaper Celeron G4900.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-6400
- Performs up to 7% better in Resident Evil 4 than Celeron G4900 - 170 vs 159 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Celeron G4900 - 4 vs 2 threads
Advantages of Intel Celeron G4900
- Up to 14% cheaper than Core i5-6400 - $68.02 vs $79.0
- Up to 7% better value when playing Resident Evil 4 than Core i5-6400 - $0.43 vs $0.46 per FPS
- Consumes up to 17% less energy than Intel Core i5-6400 - 54 vs 65 Watts
Resident Evil 4
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Max
Intel Boxed Core I5-6400 FC-LGA14C 2.70 Ghz 6 M Processor Cache 4 LGA 1151 BX80662I56400
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Celeron G4900
Desktop • Apr 3rd, 2018
FPS
159
93%
Value, $/FPS
$0.43/FPS
100%
Price, $
$68.02
100%
Value Winner
Intel® Celeron® G4900 Desktop Processor 2 Core 3.1GHz LGA1151 300 Series 54W BX80684G4900
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Max
Core i5-6400
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
Celeron G4900
Desktop • Apr 3rd, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-6400 | vs | Intel Celeron G4900 |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 2nd, 2015 | Release Date | Apr 3rd, 2018 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Celeron |
| Skylake | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
4 | Cores | 2 |
4 | Threads | 2 |
| 2.7 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.1 GHz |
| 3.3 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 65 W | TDP | 54 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 27.0x | Multiplier | 31.0x |
| HD Graphics 530 | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 610 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i5-6400 or Celeron G4900
Resident Evil 4, 1920 x 1080, Max
37 FPS
$22.3/FPS
GeForce GTX 1070
Core i5-6400
16 GB, N/A Storage
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