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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i7-6900K outperforms the more expensive Core i5-8400T on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i7-6900K is 671 days older than the more expensive Core i5-8400T.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8400T
- Consumes up to 75% less energy than Intel Core i7-6900K - 35 vs 140 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i7-6900K
- Performs up to 1% better in Baldur's Gate 3 than Core i5-8400T - 115 vs 114 FPS
- Up to 14% cheaper than Core i5-8400T - $120.0 vs $139.0
- Up to 15% better value when playing Baldur's Gate 3 than Core i5-8400T - $1.04 vs $1.22 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8400T - 16 vs 6 threads
Baldur's Gate 3
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Intel Core i5-8400T prcsr Tray
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Core i7-6900K
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
FPS
115
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.04/FPS
100%
Price, $
$120
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel Boxed Core i7-6900K Processor (20MB Cache, up to 3.70 GHz) FC-LGA 2011-v3,BX80671I76900K
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-8400T
Desktop • Apr 2nd, 2018
Core i7-6900K
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-8400T | vs | Intel Core i7-6900K |
|---|---|---|
Apr 2nd, 2018 | Release Date | May 31st, 2016 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i7 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Broadwell-E |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 2011-3 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 8 |
| 6 | Threads | 16 |
| 1.7 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.2 GHz |
| 3.3 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.7 GHz |
35 W | TDP | 140 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 17.0x | Multiplier | 32.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
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