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Key Differences
In short — Core i5-6400 outperforms the cheaper Pentium G3250 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Pentium G3250 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i5-6400 is 346 days newer than the cheaper Pentium G3250.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-6400
- Performs up to 6% better in Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 than Pentium G3250 - 181 vs 170 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G3250 - 4 vs 2 threads
Advantages of Intel Pentium G3250
- Up to 19% cheaper than Core i5-6400 - $61.0 vs $75.13
- Up to 14% better value when playing Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 than Core i5-6400 - $0.36 vs $0.42 per FPS
- Consumes up to 18% less energy than Intel Core i5-6400 - 53 vs 65 Watts
Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Extreme
Intel Boxed Core I5-6400 FC-LGA14C 2.70 Ghz 6 M Processor Cache 4 LGA 1151 BX80662I56400
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Intel Pentium Processor G3250 (3.20 GHz 32 GB, FCLGA1.150) BX80646G3250
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Extreme
Core i5-6400
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
Pentium G3250
Desktop • Jul 21st, 2014
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-6400 | vs | Intel Pentium G3250 |
|---|---|---|
Jul 2nd, 2015 | Release Date | Jul 21st, 2014 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Pentium |
| Skylake | Codename | Haswell |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1150 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
4 | Cores | 2 |
4 | Threads | 2 |
| 2.7 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.2 GHz |
| 3.3 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 65 W | TDP | 53 W |
14 nm | Process Size | 22 nm |
| 27.0x | Multiplier | 32.0x |
| HD Graphics 530 | Integrated Graphics | Intel HD (Haswell) |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i5-6400 or Pentium G3250
Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0, 1920 x 1080, Extreme
40 FPS
$20.73/FPS
GeForce GTX 1070
Core i5-6400
16 GB, N/A Storage
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