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In short — Core i5-8400 outperforms the cheaper Core i7-4930K on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Core i7-4930K is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i5-8400 is 1495 days newer than the cheaper Core i7-4930K.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8400
- Performs up to 21% better in Dead Island 2 than Core i7-4930K - 151 vs 125 FPS
- Consumes up to 50% less energy than Intel Core i7-4930K - 65 vs 130 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i7-4930K
- Up to 31% cheaper than Core i5-8400 - $89.95 vs $130.73
- Up to 17% better value when playing Dead Island 2 than Core i5-8400 - $0.72 vs $0.87 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8400 - 12 vs 6 threads
Dead Island 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Intel Core i5-8400 Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.0 GHz LGA 1151 300 Series 65W
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Core i7-4930K
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2013
FPS
125
82%
Value, $/FPS
$0.72/FPS
100%
Price, $
$89.95
100%
Value Winner
Intel Core i7-4930K Processor - BX80633I74930K
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-8400
Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017
Core i7-4930K
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2013
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-8400 | vs | Intel Core i7-4930K |
|---|---|---|
Oct 5th, 2017 | Release Date | Sep 1st, 2013 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i7 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Ivy Bridge E |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 2011 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 6 |
| 6 | Threads | 12 |
| 2.8 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.4 GHz |
4.0 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.9 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 130 W |
14 nm | Process Size | 22 nm |
| 28.0x | Multiplier | 34.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
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