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Key Differences
In short — Core i5-6400 outperforms Pentium 3556U on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i5-6400 is 669 days newer than Pentium 3556U.
Advantages of Intel Pentium 3556U
- Consumes up to 77% less energy than Intel Core i5-6400 - 15 vs 65 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i5-6400
- Performs up to 12% better in Far Cry 3 than Pentium 3556U - 134 vs 120 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium 3556U - 4 vs 2 threads
Far Cry 3
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-6400
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
FPS
134
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.59/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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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Pentium 3556U
Mobile • Sep 1st, 2013
Core i5-6400
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Pentium 3556U | vs | Intel Core i5-6400 |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1st, 2013 | Release Date | Jul 2nd, 2015 |
| Pentium | Collection | Core i5 |
| Haswell | Codename | Skylake |
| Intel BGA 1168 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Mobile | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 | Cores | 4 |
| 2 | Threads | 4 |
| 1.7 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.7 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.3 GHz |
15 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 22 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 17.0x | Multiplier | 27.0x |
| Intel HD | Integrated Graphics | HD Graphics 530 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Pentium 3556U or Core i5-6400
Far Cry 3, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
72 FPS
$11.46/FPS
GeForce GTX 1070
Core i5-6400
16 GB, N/A Storage
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