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Key Differences
In short — Core i7-4790S outperforms the cheaper Core i5-6400 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Core i5-6400 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i7-4790S is 417 days older than the cheaper Core i5-6400.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-4790S
- Performs up to 2% better in War Thunder than Core i5-6400 - 167 vs 163 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-6400 - 8 vs 4 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i5-6400
- Up to 42% cheaper than Core i7-4790S - $69.0 vs $119.0
- Up to 41% better value when playing War Thunder than Core i7-4790S - $0.42 vs $0.71 per FPS
War Thunder
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Movie
Intel Core i7-4790S Processor (8M Cache, 3.2 GHz) BX80646I74790S
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Intel Boxed Core I5-6400 FC-LGA14C 2.70 Ghz 6 M Processor Cache 4 LGA 1151 BX80662I56400
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Movie
Core i7-4790S
Desktop • May 11th, 2014
Core i5-6400
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i7-4790S | vs | Intel Core i5-6400 |
|---|---|---|
| May 11th, 2014 | Release Date | Jul 2nd, 2015 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Haswell | Codename | Skylake |
| Intel Socket 1150 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 4 |
8 | Threads | 4 |
3.2 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.7 GHz |
4.0 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.3 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 22 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
32.0x | Multiplier | 27.0x |
| Intel HD 4600 | Integrated Graphics | HD Graphics 530 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i7-4790S or Core i5-6400
War Thunder, 1920 x 1080, Movie
106 FPS
$3.54/FPS
GeForce GTX 1070
Core i5-6400
16 GB, N/A Storage
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