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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-6400 outperforms the more expensive Pentium G4500 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-6400 is 61 days older than the more expensive Pentium G4500.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-6400
- Performs up to 5% better in Battlefield 2042 than Pentium G4500 - 156 vs 148 FPS
- Up to 6% cheaper than Pentium G4500 - $79.0 vs $84.19
- Up to 11% better value when playing Battlefield 2042 than Pentium G4500 - $0.51 vs $0.57 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G4500 - 4 vs 2 threads
Advantages of Intel Pentium G4500
- Consumes up to 22% less energy than Intel Core i5-6400 - 51 vs 65 Watts
Battlefield 2042
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-6400
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
FPS
156
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.51/FPS
100%
Price, $
$79
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel Boxed Core I5-6400 FC-LGA14C 2.70 Ghz 6 M Processor Cache 4 LGA 1151 BX80662I56400
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Intel Boxed Pentium Processor G4500 FC-LGA14C 3.5 1 LGA 1151 BX80662G4500
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-6400
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
Pentium G4500
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2015
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-6400 | vs | Intel Pentium G4500 |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 2nd, 2015 | Release Date | Sep 1st, 2015 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Pentium |
| Skylake | Codename | Skylake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
4 | Cores | 2 |
4 | Threads | 2 |
| 2.7 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.5 GHz |
| 3.3 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 65 W | TDP | 51 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 27.0x | Multiplier | 35.0x |
| HD Graphics 530 | Integrated Graphics | Intel HD 530 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i5-6400 or Pentium G4500
Battlefield 2042, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
45 FPS
$18.34/FPS
GeForce GTX 1070
Core i5-6400
16 GB, N/A Storage
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